Microsoft Readying Biggest-Ever Patch Tuesday for Next Week
Posted 10/09/09 at 08:35:14 AM by Paul Lilly
It's a good thing most of use have long since moved on from dial-up, because come Tuesday, Microsoft said it will send out its largest-ever number of security updates to fix and plug holes in every version of Windows, including the first update for Windows 7 RTM. Internet Explorer, Office, SQL Server, Forefront Security client, and some developer tools will also be in the mix.
"Thirteen is not a lucky number," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security, in response to the monster update scheduled for October 13. "They've been a busy bunch at Microsoft, that's for sure."
Microsoft will ship 13 updates in all next week, eight of them considered critical. That's enough to break the record of 12 updates shipped in February 2007 and October 2008.
Five of the updates will affect Windows 7, even though the OS has yet to formally launch. However, enterprises with volume licenses, party hosts, and others have been able to obtain and run the finalized the OS for awhile now.
I think 7 is the biggest
Submitted by AntiHero on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 4:41pm
I think 7 is the biggest patch microsoft is rolling out, however it isn't a mandatory patch, so i guess it might not count.
I don't like Microsoft, I associate with it.
Windows 7
Submitted by MeTo on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 10:06am
Not even out and has Five of the updates will affect Windows 7.
And formally instead of
Submitted by aerotive on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 8:34am
And formally instead of formerly.
Wonder if MS will try to patch the OEM activation exploit?
Submitted by JohnP on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 8:22am
Lots of ways to take advantage of the way Win7 handles OEM manufacturer's computers and activation. Be interesting to see if MS has come up with a way to fix it. MS was never able to on Vista.
Microsoft was never able to
Submitted by I Jedi on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 10:58am
Microsoft was never able to capture the public's trust for Windows Vista; however, Windows Vista has grown to be an exceptionally great OS with SP2. Though, its time to grab the throne has come and gone.
I think you mean "Readying"
Submitted by aviaggio on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 8:07am
I think you mean "Readying"
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