Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE 142
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timothy
from the you-saw-this-coming dept.
from the you-saw-this-coming dept.
An anonymous reader writes "As expected, Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security patch to address a remote code execution hole in Internet Explorer that was used in the recent Chinese attacks disclosed by Google. Ars Technica has all the download links you need."
Microsot (Score:5, Funny)
Ugh, Microsoft! Get it right.
Quick turnaround! (Score:5, Funny)
oh this was IE?
Oh...
I mean... this patch just goes to show the lax security and horrendous coding of IE!
(In all seriousness, it's actually quite nice to see the hole fixed and tested in such a quick time. I think MS actually deserves kudos for the quick turnaround and out-of-band release)
Re:Microsot (Score:3, Funny)
Almost as craptacualr [penny-arcade.com] as the reserachers [slashdot.org] from the front page, who unfortunately got fixed in the meantime :)
Re:Microsot (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Quick turnaround! (Score:4, Funny)
The cynic in me wonders iff this wasn't such a visible and highlighted Google highlighted would they bothered to push it sooner or even at all or even to let people know there is a problem
Could you repeat that? My gibberish-to-english translator is on smoke break, and I'm nowhere near as fluent as he...
Shutdown IS the fix (Score:5, Funny)
It will force shutdown even if you don't check the box at the end of the installer. How can this be so wrong at so many levels.
You don't get it. Shutting down your computer IS the security fix. If you start it up again, you're back where you started - with Windows and IE.
Re:Microsot (Score:2, Funny)
Slashdot just needs a spell checker.
No... just Timmah!
Re:Microsot (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Google has BACKED DOWN in China (Score:3, Funny)
Yup. This [redbubble.net] poor bastard was never seen again.