Microsoft posts emergency defence for new attack

[da_mic_1530]

sorry to be a noob but is this for us common folk with standard desktops or just those running servers?

 

[helmutcheese]

Typing the URL is sooooo much effort.

Since when do you need type in an URL in XP or Vista to get to Windows Update ?

Anyhow, I got mines Auto yesterday via Windows Update (23rd).

 

[swinnie]

hopefully, this should get me a lot of weekend work

Was just thinking the same thing!

 

[Edward78]

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Thanks for this, system got it via auto update.

 

[PMWD]

I wondered why when I got to my machine this morning all the programs I'd left open were shut and I'd a green shield in my taskbar... Ah well, nothing lost, better safe than sorry.

 

[AJUK]

Kickin' back, drinkin' a beer and watchin' the world go by on my MEPIS box.

 

[Sarduk]

WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!

Also, things like this make me like my new MacBook purchase even more

Yeah, and as more people use OSX, the more things like this will surfice. And I wouldn't want to be in an OSX user's shoes then - given how apalling Apple are at admitting, disclosing, informing and releasing fixes.

 

[Stevev]

I strongly urge you to download and install this patch manually

Does it make any difference if you get it through windows update instead of the standalone ?

 

[Sarduk]

sorry to be a noob but is this for us common folk with standard desktops or just those running servers?

Everyone; run Windows Update

 

[NathanE]

"On Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the vulnerable code path is only accessible to authenticated users. This vulnerability is not liable to be triggered if the attacker is not authenticated."

Which rules this out as being a "omg MSBlaster all over again" type event for Vista users.

 

[dunc]

Thanks M$. This patch killed shared folders on a bunch of servers. Easy fix (restart relavant services) so no big deal. Had a fair few panicked phone calls this morning

Dunc

 

[Tombo]

Thanks M$. This patch killed shared folders on a bunch of servers. Easy fix (restart relavant services) so no big deal. Had a fair few panicked phone calls this morning

Dunc

You're very cool, M$, come up with that by yourself? Clever boy

 

[sirlemonhead]

You're very cool, M$, come up with that by yourself? Clever boy

Lets spread it over the internet! :O it'll be the new cool thing!

 

[Sarduk]

M$

Wow you used a $ sign instead of an S! That's really funny!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Because it is old & stupid.

People still cry on these forums because someone puts MS as shorthand like M$ theres nothing to even post about it, just another way of putting it. Wish people would stop crying over that [M$ M$ M$ M$] There I did it? Whos going to cry next?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Oh I see. Do you do that for other rich companies?

Who said I did it? cos I don't except the post above.

 

[Adrianr]

Why are you all even arguing about this? Do some people need some more sunlight or something?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Why are you all even arguing about this? Do some people need some more sunlight or something?

I think they do. Too much sitting infront of a computer.

 

[Moredhel]

Also, things like this make me like my new MacBook purchase even more

And yet Apple published several remote execution vulnerability fixes a couple of weeks ago. If you include vulnerabilities in the 3rd party software that ships with OSX, that number becomes a lot more than 2.

No operating system is immune to this sort of thing. Debian linux a few months ago announced an incredibly critical bug that's been there for several years, that rendered most of their OpenSSL based encryption completely predictable.

If you want security more than anything else, take a look at the -STABLE branch of OpenBSD or something.