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• January “security” patches KB 4011657 (Word 2007), KB 4011659 (Word 2010), KB 4011643 (Word 2016), get KB article updates

  Posted on February 9, 2018 at 04:15 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Thx to @abbodi86 for picking up my earlier mistake.

  Here’s another one I found while perusing the KB New list.

  It looks like Microsoft just released KB article updates for the January 9 Word security patches, Word 2007, 2010 and 2016.

  They’re odd. For example, the Word 2010: January 9, 2018 patch, KB 4011659, lists five CVE numbers — usually an indication that a security problem is being addressed, but the description says:

  This security update contains improvements for the following nonsecurity issue:

  This update improves Office application startup performance by skipping unnecessary scanning of Microsoft Word documents that are local and not encrypted.

  If I read that correctly, this is a “security” update for a “nonsecurity” problem.

  Go figger.

  I have no idea why the KB articles were re-issued yesterday. Anybody out there have more info?

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4011643, KB 4011657, KB 4011659

• Yet another massive release of patches, re-patches, re-grouped patches, and a few explanations

  Posted on January 19, 2018 at 10:43 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you thought it couldn’t possibly get worse, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.

  Computerworld Woody on Windows.

  UPDATE: There’s another bunch of patches out today, Jan. 19:

  The Update Catalog shows a new Jan. 19 entry for KB 4057144, the second cumulative update this month for Win10 1703. It also shows a Jan. 19 entry for KB 4057142, the second cumulative update this month for Win10  1607. Both are available in 64-bit and 32-bit versions. I have no idea if there’s anything new in those 64-bit patches, or if they’ve just been re-issued to yank our (or at least my) chain.

  There’s also a new Preview Monthly Rollup for Win7/Server 2008R2 (KB 4057400) in 64-bit and 32-bit flavors.

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4011021, KB 4011022, KB 4011273, KB 4011610, KB 4011611, KB 4011626, KB 4011659, KB 4055002, KB 4055532, KB 4056898, KB 4057270, KB 4073291, KB 4074880, KB 4075199, KB 4075200, Symantec Endpoint Protection