• MS-DEFCON 3: Apply all outstanding patches except the 960715 killbit patch

    Posted on February 25, 2009 at 13:41 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    The February Security Bulletin patches seem to be holding up pretty well. I haven’t heard any loud screams of pain. There are also exploits starting to circulate in the wild that take advantage of the patches security holes.

    So I recommend that you install all outstanding Windows and Office patches, except for the KB 960715 Killbit patch. (What’s a killbit? Yuhong Bao has a great synopsis posted in response to my earlier blog.)

    I’m tremulously upgrading us to MS-DEFCON 3, with the warning that you should avoid KB 960715: Patch reliability is unclear, but widespread attacks make patching prudent. Go ahead and patch, but watch out for potential problems.

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