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Taffy087
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There have been many complaints (still ongoing) from Users about being unable to stop/delay Automatic Updates in Win10 as they could in previous versions. My question is different - is there any way that I can get them sooner?
Today, to quote Krebs, Microsoft has"churned out a bunch of software updates today to fix some serious security problems' (brief details are below). I've just gone to Settings > Update & Security > Check for Updates and have been told my PC device is up to date. But it's not, is it so until I get further up the queue, should I just stop using my PC on the internet? What is the risk? Minimal?
How long will it take Microsoft to install the WU in the 350m devices and what determines the order in which they are delivered? Do businesses get their first? Mobiles? Does anyone know?
"Patches for IE and Edge address the largest number of “critical” vulnerabilities. (Critical bugs refer to flaws Microsoft deems serious enough that crooks can exploit them to remotely compromise a vulnerable computer without any help from the user, save for the user visiting some hacked but otherwise legitimate site.)
Another bundle of critical bugs targets at least three security issues with the way Windows, Office and Skype handle certain types of fonts. Microsoft said attackers could exploit this flaw to take over computers just by getting the victim to view files with specially crafted fonts — either in an Office file like Word or Excel (including via the preview pane), or visiting a hacked/malicious Web site.
Microsoft Office has its own critical patch that fixed at least seven vulnerabilities — including another one exploitable through the preview pane.
Microsoft PDF also received a critical patch thanks to a bug that’s exploitable just by getting Edge users to view specially-crafted PDF content in the browser."
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Today, to quote Krebs, Microsoft has"churned out a bunch of software updates today to fix some serious security problems' (brief details are below). I've just gone to Settings > Update & Security > Check for Updates and have been told my PC device is up to date. But it's not, is it so until I get further up the queue, should I just stop using my PC on the internet? What is the risk? Minimal?
How long will it take Microsoft to install the WU in the 350m devices and what determines the order in which they are delivered? Do businesses get their first? Mobiles? Does anyone know?
"Patches for IE and Edge address the largest number of “critical” vulnerabilities. (Critical bugs refer to flaws Microsoft deems serious enough that crooks can exploit them to remotely compromise a vulnerable computer without any help from the user, save for the user visiting some hacked but otherwise legitimate site.)
Another bundle of critical bugs targets at least three security issues with the way Windows, Office and Skype handle certain types of fonts. Microsoft said attackers could exploit this flaw to take over computers just by getting the victim to view files with specially crafted fonts — either in an Office file like Word or Excel (including via the preview pane), or visiting a hacked/malicious Web site.
Microsoft Office has its own critical patch that fixed at least seven vulnerabilities — including another one exploitable through the preview pane.
Microsoft PDF also received a critical patch thanks to a bug that’s exploitable just by getting Edge users to view specially-crafted PDF content in the browser."
Continue reading...