Posted on 02/09/2016 7:06:25 PM PST by dayglored
Microsoft blats bugs in super-secure web browser Edge, its OS, the Office suite, and more
Microsoft has patched 41 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its software this month.
The second Patch Tuesday monthly update of the year brings with it fixes for security flaws in both Internet Explorer and Edge that could allow remote-code-execution attacks simply by visiting a webpage.
Also fixed are remote-code-execution holes in the Windows PDF Viewer and Microsoft Office.
[Full list on the Register article page]
After installing the Microsoft updates, users and administrators would be wise to install monthly fixes issued Tuesday by Adobe for Flash Player. The updates cover a total of 22 CVE-listed flaws for Flash, all of which could potentially be targeted for remote-code-execution attacks.
The Flash Player update also affects versions for OS X and Linux boxes.
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What ever shall I do with my Linux PC? Oh, I’ll think of something.
Thanks. Haven’t gotton the new updates yet.
> What ever shall I do with my Linux PC? Oh, I’ll think of something.
You can, for example, do something productive, unlike my Windows 7 system that’s been downloading and installing updates for an hour.
The SOBs broke Windows Updates for Win 7 some months back, and now they’re slow as all hell. They claim it’s because of the way the patch database works, and maybe so, but I think they’re also making life miserable for Win7 users so they switch to Win10 in desperation. Tonight you can color me pissed off.
Good thing I have my Linux and OS X systems to work on....
i thought they weren't going to support XP any longer yet i got four updates today
> i thought they weren’t going to support XP any longer yet i got four updates today
I’ll guess the updates you received were for non-OS things like Office or other Microsoft applications. The apps still get updates even if they’re running on an older unsupported OS.
My brother had automatic updates on. He got upgraded to Windows 10 without being asked.
Can you select only certain updates?
the one loading now is a malicious software removal tool
Two weeks ago I downloaded Windows 10. What a mess. First off, there’s no provision for email contacts to be logged. One can receive emails, and reply or forward them, but to send a new one you must remember the address and key it in manually.
I went online and sought help in finding my contacts. Half the buttons I was advised to click on did not even exist on my desktop.
MS knows they’ve released a real dawg, so they retained the ability for one to revert back to Windows 7 if you do it within 30 days or less. So this evening I pulled the trigger and reverted back. It was surprisingly quick. And oh, what a relief it is.
Windows 10 really sux. For instance, there’s no icon for COMPUTER, so you can’t check or change things on your hard drive, etc. There isn’t a CONTROL PANEL icon, so you can’t manage your printer, change programs, etc.
They are trying to take over and cram WIN10 in.
Choose from two solutions:
1. Hold down the Windows key and type E (for Windows Explorer) -or-
2. Click on the file folder in the task bar.
Win/E has worked for a long time, the file folder icon is newer.
There is a REASON I refuse to ‘upgrade’ a functional operating system in favor of some bug-filled trash Surveillance-OS.
Right click on the Start button.
MeggaBUMP. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Thanks!
Bookmark for tonight!!!
My home Windows 7 PC rebooted last night after installing a bunch of updates.
Gufffaw! When I was scrounging around looking for my email contacts, one of the instructions was to click the START button. I never could find a START button. The only thing I found that resembled a START button was the POWER button to turn it off when I gave up for a while and took a break.
Another thing about it was that after W-10 downloaded and was set up and running, all my old icons were still on my desktop screen but most of them no longer worked. And I repeatedly got error messages telling me “This application is no longer valid, yak-yak-yak.” But the invisible START button was the final straw that caused me to say to blazes with this crap, and to restore W-7.
Thanks for your kind advice, but I’m back with
W-7 and that’s where I stay. The next time I see W-10 will be if I buy a new laptop and it’s loaded with that OS. My desktop downstairs runs W-8.1 and I’m sticking with that, too. The insanity I encountered with W-10 really soured me.
The very idea that they’d release an OS in the Year of Our Lord 2016, without the emailing feature being prominently front-and-center borders on heresy!
The idea that one would have to ATTEMPT to awaken one’s email feature by holding down a key, pressing another key, spinning around 3 three times with one eye scrunched shut and then farting will yelling yabba-dabba-doo, is just a bit too taxing for me. If all else fails, I’ll stick with my smart phone.
Thanks again.
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>> “Windows 10 really sux.” <<
No Shiite!
Its “Common Core” Windows.
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