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Thread ID: 113192 2010-10-09 04:08:00 Uhhhh ----- Guess What? SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1142859 2010-10-09 04:08:00 MS planning Patch Tuesday whopper: 16 bulletins, 49 vulnerabilities .

This is a personal-best record for them - wot?


According to the company’s advance notice, four of the 16 bulletins will be rated “critical,” Microsoft’s highest severity rating . Microsoft rates a critical vulnerability as one that could be exploited to propagate an Internet worm without user action .

The 49 vulnerabilities will mark the largest ever batch of patches issued by Microsoft . The previous record was 34 vulnerabilities patched in August this year .

The October patch batch will include fixes for security flaws in the Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft Office and the . NET Framework .

It is very likely that Microsoft will include patches for a pair of elevation of privilege vulnerabilities that were exploited during the mysterious Stuxnet worm attack .

The flaws in this month’s release affect all version of Windows, including the newest Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 .


COMING TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU!


There goes your ceiling!
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