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• October’s updates look promising; however …

  Posted on October 14, 2019 at 01:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  First, a mea culpa: I said I was comfortable with installing the out-of-band Internet Explorer update released October 3. I have to take that back.

  The update was designed to block the new IE vulnerability CVE-2019-1367. The October 3 release was the third time Microsoft sent out essentially the same fix, but it’s the only one I’ve called a true out-of-band update. Unlike the two previous attempts, Microsoft pushed this patch out to everyone via the usual channels: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Windows Update.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.37.0 (2019-10-14).

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Office updating, Out-of-band patches, Windows updating

• Finally! We have a true out-of-band IE update

  Posted on October 7, 2019 at 01:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH SPECIAL EDITION

  By Susan Bradley

  After a series of confusing missteps, Microsoft has somewhat belatedly released an “urgent,” out-of-the-usual-cycle update in the expected way: All supported versions of Windows receive the patch via WSUS or Windows Update.

  This is how an “out-of-band” update is supposed to look and act. All Microsoft customers get protected quickly and easily. We don’t have to download anything from the Microsoft Update Catalog, install preview updates, or otherwise stand on our heads to be safe from a new exploit.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.36.0 (2019-10-07).

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Internet Explorer zero day, Out-of-band patches