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Microsoft botches six (yes, six) Black Tuesday patches: KB 2876063, KB 2859537, KB 2873872, KB 2843638, KB 2843639, and KB 2868846

Posted on August 15, 2013 at 19:05 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

No, I don’t make this stuff up.

Last month, we had four botched patches sent down the Automatic Update chute.

This month, it’s six.

Admittedly, most of them are for servers — but there’s puh-lenty to worry about if you’re a regular Windows user, and you left Automatic Update on.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Windows Patches/Security August 2013 Black Tuesday, KB 2843638, KB 2843639, KB 2859537, KB 2868846, KB 2873872, KB 2876063, Wotta mess

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