Microsoft releases three new patches

[The Hunter]

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. released three critical patches Tuesday to fix Windows security flaws that could allow an attacker to take over another person's computer.

A fourth patch, which the company called "important," fixes a similar vulnerability in versions of the Windows operating system, which runs more than 90 per cent of the world's computers.

The patches, released as part of Microsoft's regular monthly update, apply to Windows editions dating back to Windows 98, and also affect server systems going back to Windows NT Server 4.0

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[david88]

anyone else using SP2 (RC1) and having problems with Windows Update?

[The Hunter]

i just managed to get the updates myself, as it appears that they are being overloaded at times. just keep trying.

[The Hunter]

As a note to this there were actually 5 critical updates for my system.

[Wolfie]

yes keep trying
its very slow, and if you are on dial up, its going to be even slower!

No kidding! Its taking me forever just to get to main site.

[begoodbebad]

yeah but one of them is just a font change cos some funny guy at ms thought it was funny to make a font with a star of david and a swastika in so MS actually made the correction a critical update. Like your system could get unstable or hacked cos you wrote a note and put a star on it or even you are a nazi (or a hindu...its a hindu symbol originally right?)and can't help pressing the swastika button cos you're so dumb. how the f*** thats critical I don't know but there it is...red alert, scare the XP noobs with another "flaw".

[Potato]

critical patches Tuesday to fix Windows security flaws that could allow an attacker to take over another person's computer.

Seems as though those words are a bit overused. Not necessarily in that article, but in general... every windows update.... every time.... those words.... critical..... attacker...... take over..... bah.

[The Hunter]

Thats very true Potato, but i have to take them seriously ever sense the problem with the blaster worm. Believe it or not we still see posts on different sites asking how to remove it, so i just hope that these reminders help some folks. That said a lot of this can be put down to fear mongering.

[wingnut2600]

Actually... they released 21 Critical patches and service packs today. I dled 5 personally.

begoodbebad, I believe that the wingdings font change happened a few months ago... you haven't been keeping up with your updates :P

[Wolfie]

I would be lucky if I get past the scanning page for updates. For me it just sits there and connection times out. This is with cable!!!!

[david88]

the font isn't wingdings, it's something like bookshelf 7