Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Microsoft patches IE, Windows Media Player flaws

[q url="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic//&/amp;/amp;taxonomyName=operating_systems//&/amp;/amp;articleId=9005928//&/amp;/amp;taxonomyId=89//&/amp;/amp;intsrc=kc_top"]Microsoft Corp. has rolled out its monthly security updates for December, patching critical flaws in Internet Explorer, Windows Media Format and the Visual Studio 2005 development software.

The seven security patches address 11 bugs, including two in its Windows Media Player software. However, no fixes were provided for two Microsoft World flaws that have been used in a small number of attacks over the past week.

Microsoft had said it would release only six patches on Tuesday, but the company added the Windows Media Format update at the last minute, after reports of attacks based on this vulnerability began surfacing. The Windows Media Format is used by Microsoft's Windows Media Player software.

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It is very advised to install these updates when online.

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