Posted on 01/19/2016 6:56:29 PM PST by Utilizer
Microsoft's first Patch Wednesday update for the year has taken care of multiple vulnerabilities rated as critical.
No known exploits are available for the vulnerabilities, but Microsoft recommends that users apply the patches through Windows Update as soon as possible.
Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 see two common vulnerabilities and exploits (CVEs) fixed - CVE-2016-0002 and CVE-2016-0005 - as part of a cumulative update.
Supported version of the Windows client and server operating systems are all affected by the vulnerabilities, which Microsoft rates as critical and exploitable.
Microsoft's new Edge browser in Windows 10 is also being updated, with two critical vulnerabilites patched.
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Guess What... yup , PIngeronie
Dunno how I missed this one. It is almost a week old now but no one seems to be talking about it.
Ubuntu for the win
Yes, I think there were 21 updates for my Windows 7.
Critical vulnerabilities now means systems that had windows 10 upgrade nagmessages turned off, are now on and cant be turned off.
OK, so what are the vulnerabilities these patches purport to fix?
Besides the JScript and VBScript fixes there are some for Office 2007 to 2016, just to name a few.
Might be worth looking into...
I have some bugs on two different NEW laptops that I just can’t fix. I thought I’d downloaded a patch to fix it, but no go. Hope MS comes out with a fix.
Ah, just a thought... but if they are truly ‘new’ should you not be able to contact the Support/Warranty department and obtain some assistance there?
I mean, most retail devices come with a default warranty.
Better check to see if Microsoft added spyware to your computer.
My Windows 10 update this morning took a full hour!
I initially had 17 critical updates. Tried to install them but system crashed several times and had to restore it to before the update.
Then I tried to install only a couple of them at a time. Update installed an optional audio device driver which I had NOT selected, and that screwed up the system. I removed new driver and reinstalled original system driver, but system wouldn’t take it.
I kept rolling back and reinstalling driver untill it took, then tried update again - nogo.
Finally unstalled new driver, rolled back system to before all updates (earlier this month) and downloaded system driver from manufacturer & installed - voila, sound works again.
Currently installing 1 update at a time, (with mandatory system reboots every time, ugh).
5 are installed - 12 left - wish me luck.
went to Ubunto a couple of months ago and glad i dumped Microsoft
I sure hope that is not the case. I’d hate to have to go through all the stuff I did to turn Win10 upgrade off again.
Since I edited the registry to kill Win10 upgrade, if updates tried to turn on nagmessages again, then that might have caused my update problems.
Hope I can get through the rest of the updates without any more problems.
Other stories posted here indiciate in the future nagware will be turned back on on systems it isnt running on now.
Given their ohwe wount do that, we are now going todo that, on several things already, i do not doubt captive audiences will get stuck with ransomware issues from them.
Windows 10 is surveilace, and control,and forced upgrades and offers you wont be able to refuse. Windows 10 outta be called Capone.
Part of the problem I was having is that this system is my desktop running Vista HP 64bit. I just figured it probably had something to do with the age of the system and lack of support.
I’m considering Linux, but haven’t decided on a distro, yet.
Haven’t had any problems yet, with my laptop running Win7 Pro 64bit. Didn’t get any updates this mo., but I’ll have to manually check to see if any are available. (I don’t run my laptop every day, LOL.)
Cannot use Ad Block, cannot use Explorer.
But MS Word has a nice tool called ABC Check Spelling and Grammar. You should try it out; it is a nice feature.
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