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• MS-DEFCON 2: March Patch Tuesday bulletins out

  Posted on March 11, 2009 at 06:35 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  As usual, I strongly recommend that you wait before installing the current crop.

  We get three bulletins, only one of which is rated Critical by Microsoft. MS09-006 and -007 both cover Windows XP and Vista.

  The one interesting feature about this month’s bulletins? Microsoft’s Security Response Center has gone YouTube, with a video overview of the bulletins. Kinda cool, in my opinion. I wonder if we’ll ever see a “Channel 9” style interview of the security spokespeople about the continuously re-botched AutoRun patch.

  You may also be interested to know that Microsoft has re-released the MS08-052 “update packages for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to fix an installation issue. Customers who have already successfully installed the original updates for Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 do not need to reinstall the new updates.”

  WinXP Service Pack 3 strikes again.

  Windows Patches/Security March 2009 Black Tuesday, MS08-052 re-release, Windows XP SP3 problems

• MS-DEFCON 2: Lock ’em down

  Posted on March 7, 2009 at 16:34 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft plans to release three Security Bulletins on Tuesday. Microsoft only rates one of them as “Critical.” They’re all for Windows.

  That means we won’t see a fix for the Excel 0day that’s currently making the rounds.

  Check all of your computers and make sure they’re set to “Notify but don’t download” (or at least “don’t install”).

  Windows Patches/Security March 2009 Black Tuesday