 | By Susan Bradley A new patch for Internet Explorer needs to be installed quickly, in addition to more Vista patches that you need to know about. Administrators of WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) also got yet another surprise this week — a poorly punctuated category name caused problems with the patching interface. |
MS07-061 (943460)
Internet Explorer 7 gets long-awaited fix
This Patch Tuesday, we received a much-anticipated patch to Internet Explorer 7. This fixes a hole that malware has exploited to infect computers, using Adobe Acrobat files and other files as the infection vehicle.
You should install MS07-061 (943460) as soon as possible to close this threat, which has been brewing for several weeks. The hole involves a malformed URI (Uniform Resource Indicator). In plain English, this means if someone crafts a Web link or some other Internet resource and places it into an e-mail or on a Web page, clicking the invalid link could give someone complete control of your system.
While this hole affects only IE 7, as a precautionary security measure it will also be offered to systems that use IE 6. This definitely is a patch you should put on the fast track for installation. At this time, I’m not seeing any issues or negative side-effects.
(941649, 941600 and 941229)
Vista gets more parts of Service Pack 1
The Windows Vista blog announced this week a few more parts of what will ultimately comprise Service Pack 1 for Vista. For those of you who are running Windows Vista, you should look for 941649, a patch to improve battery life and wireless networking, plus other fixes that are designed to improve reliability. The second patch you’ll see offered up is 941600, which improves USB components and fixes about 1% to 2% of the system crashes that people are reporting.
For those who are running Vista Media Center, you’ll see KB941229, which fixes issues with XBox when used as a Media Center extender.
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