Mick H. Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Dont know how serious this is, use Firefox myself but worth a butchers. Sorry doesnt seem to go. What it is,there is a virus type thingy that is homing in on Internet Explorer users. see if I can sort the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Mick H Better to post a link direct to the source, such as: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/microsoft/3793365/Internet-Explorer-security-alert-Microsoft-says-all-users-at-risk.html We will have to wait for Microsoft to release a security patch, but in the meantime just be careful ! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick H. Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thank you Michael, Just got around to that one. Still learning. Mick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The security patch to overcome this probelm is now available at: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us It self installs when downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Came on auto update when I switched on thisevening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I too have "Automatic Updates" set to "Yes", and thus get all such patches installed immediately they are released. It would seem sensible to me to suggest you check your "Updates" setting and switch it to "Yes" if you've not already done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 BDG You may be living in a fools paradise if you think that having autoupdates enabled will keep you protected. Microsoft cannot update everyone at the same time, it is simply impossible, there is a rota system in use. If you want to be sure of getting anything urgent straight away then you need to check manually (this enables you to 'jump the queue'). Also automatic updates are for security issues only, they do not include all the useful 'optional' updates. You need to take the 'custom' tab for these when manually visiting the Microsoft Update website. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Soz, but I didn't say at all (or mean to imply) that simply having Auromatic Updates set to "Yes" would fully protect my PC. It's of course only one of a large number of things that user should (IMHO) be doing to keep their PC's protected. But it seems to me that not doing so is (unless you have a good reason not to have automatic updates switched on) daft. (As an aside, I've just looked, and both our PC's here have already been updated overnight with the Microsoft Internet Explorer patch) :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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