Microsoft patches critical Windows bugs
Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates. Microsoft released a total of five critical patches in its April security bulletin. Two of them fix bugs in Windows, two fix bugs in Windows and Internet Explorer (IE), and one fixes a vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The critical rating means an attacker could potentially exploit the flaws to hack into a victim’s computer. The other patches fix vulnerabilities in Windows and Office and were rated “important.” Microsoft releases patches on the second Tuesday of every month, which has become known in the industry as “Patch Tuesday.”
MS08-021 fixes two vulnerabilities in Windows’ graphics device interface (GDI), one of three core Windows subsystems, that could allow a hacker to take over someone’s computer if a user opens certain kinds of image files, according to Microsoft. Of the five patches marked critical, security experts recommend that users also immediately install two others — MS08-022, which affects Windows, and MS08-024, which affects both Windows and IE. MS08-022 patches a vulnerability in VBScript and JScript scripting engines in Windows that originally was supposed to be patched in January, but Microsoft pulled the patch at the last minute because it wasn’t ready. MS08-24 patches a vulnerability found in all versions of IE. All of these updates should be automatically downloaded through Windows Update.
Source: PC World
i dont know if thats really necessary though..
There people should work for microsoft.
I like how one of the updates put an icon for Internet Explorer back on my taskbar’s quicklaunch.
How oh so helpful of microsoft.
interesting, none of these showed up for me. maybe for I’m using SP3?
btw, how is this groundbreaking tech news reporting? m$ doing that every month, so What’s all the hubbub, bub?
@4 XP is slowly dying! LOL!
Vista: “Resistance is futile!”
How do you kill the blinkx ads??
XP will not die, atleast not until windows 7 comes, and then vista will die faster than xp, its because XP is so much more stable, and much better, yes in many things, and requires so much less power from the computer, vista actualy kills ur computer and it totaly sucks in terms of performance when its a War of XP Vs Vista, u can just see that from installing XP and using it a month then installing Vista and using it a month, ur system slows down whit terrible ammounths of speed, and it has bugs, laggs in just the basic desctop.. i mean, its a frawd using / buyng vista, its just good because it hosts DX 10 and it made it more userfriendly for stupid people that didnt understand XP, wich is not that many i guess ?
And ow ye, it can use more RAM.
Wao.. thats not realy some improvement, as to what they sayd it wold be so much better att.. its well.. BS, microsoft sux. 98 and xp were ok.. vista they destroyed their litle rep that they ever had..
ow and ftr.. Windows 7 will rock
windows 7 will pwn mac OSX
@10
I don’t think so. Windows 7 will be out in 2010, OSX will be a whole different animal by then
@ Martin ,
how many times do you need to say “two of them fix bugs for windows”?
You said there are 5 fixes so seeing as you said the same thing twice I ask what are the other two?
@11 : [...]OSX will be a whole different animal by then[...]
What animal ;)) it has been big cats for some times now (tiger, leopard, cheetah, etc…)… gonna be Elephant, Mammoth, or Sabertooth ?
LOL
Funny people always bring up Macs when there is something about windows. haha >.>
Its funny how the new OSX had more bugs reported than Windows Vista did when it got released. So why do ppl always complain about Windows and not complain about Macs?
@8, Haha 98 was bad…. I remember every time i used it, it would memory leak everywhere.
Is this news about Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 95?
@7 James
If you use Firefox, just install the Addblock Plus add on…
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
I aint seen an add since i did
Please.I’m running vista on the same pc as i ran xp .No diffreence in speed in fact the boot time is faster and i’m countic the loder also:-))))).No milions of bugs.Yea xp is very good ,but i need Dx10.Don’t get it why so many hate vista,i bet they didn’t even try it.And about these patches,there is one that said it needed to be installed in order to assure future updates.Sounds tricky.Any info on it???i installed all others except this.I don’t remember the number as i am at work now.
@16,
too bad Addblock Plus add on don’t work with Firefox 3 beta
Thanks for the info as I have my Updates turned off. But as far as Vista/XP is concerned, if you have a fairly new computer or upgrade your ram at least to 2 gigs, then Vista works just as well as XP. I have them both (Dual Boot) on my 4year old computer and see none of the slowing that all seem to mention about Vista. It works as well as XP. We went through all this nagging when XP first came out also. Now the same people have XP and are complaining of Vista. And life goes around. Cheers
@James You can use IE7Pro addon:
http://www.ie7pro.com/
-in case you use Internet Explorer
For Firefox install the Addblock Plus addon
Yeah I wondered why my pc rebooted when i was at work.
…And people hate vista cause they have crappy pc’s. My vista partition loads faster then xp but i still need xp for my video editing. For some reason alot of the GOOD video editing programs have bugs with vista or just wont load.. ie: CCE
@18
does noscript work with FF3? i use it on FF2 and i’ve never seen an ad here or most places
why dont firefox have patches like this? All since i have been using Firefox i have had no patches like this…should i be scared?
Thanks for the posting; I was wondering why my computer had so many updates… I have mine set to show me what the updates are, and I have to OK the install manager, so I get to see what’s going down… Thanks for the update, RLSLOG
No critical updates was for SP3 (besides Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2008 (KB890830))
@14:
Simple, because amount of mac users is irrelevant compare to amount of PC users.
No need for Microsoft for that
There was a bug crawling on my windows yesterday and i crushed him with the power of my thumb
Et voila problem solved !
LOL.not once is it mentioned what OS is concerned,its like
saying we recall car for bad breaks???
it might be for vista but who uses that crap anyways??
Great post rlslog…..NOT.
damn…i was downloading assassins creed and left my computer on overnight…when i woke up, it was at the welcome screen(restarted after update)and my download did not go very far…argh!!!…microsoft is really pissing me off…
Is it safe to install SP1 for Vista64 crack (Bios manipulation)?
unknown - set it up like i do - tell it to download the patches but not install them until you say so. or just dont let it download them at all and you tell it to
~BW
Man when i installed this update this junk froze my OS, which is windows vista ultimate! When i restarted my computer it froze when it came to the welcome screen. So I ended up havin to reformat my harddrive and reinstall a fresh os, and while I was installin the updates, I decided to install the april updates..man it froze again! So i’m thinkin this april updates has some of verifcation to prove it’s an authentic vista, becasue the vista i have is permantly activated. Right now I’m lookin for anohter version of vista. Is anyone having the same problem as me?
I think some people need to get a grip
VISTA kicks XP’s Butt in every corner!
People who say “vista sucks” or “XP rules” etc have eiher got a proper naff computer or have no clue what there talking about.
I used to have nothing but trouble with XP, moved to VISTA and no problems!
Would u rather drive an old astra or a new one?
nOObs lol
Vista sucks
XP rules !!!
32 who drives astra but old people??
last 2 years i have not updated or patched anything on my xp home sp2….. no problems whatsoever and no one hacking into my stuff (i know about that stuff so im positive
lol @ the ultimate “LOL” noob (32)
Incredible ignorance ! XP FTW baby !
well a bug on all windows is port 80 when u use the internet as long u use a p2p program and add a server to retrieve a file of a pc like on emule add a server u want to hack then put it in the server list then add port i get into any windows machine that way piece of cake..yours the r.i.p timmycat onlytease,onlycarla,onlymelanie,onlysecretaries website ripper from emule xtrme
well i updated my vista..and now i cant open my offce….=(
@ #’s 16, 18, and 20
Adblock 0.7.5.3 does support Firefox up to version 3 Beta 4.
NoScript 1.5.8 still supports the newest version 3 Beta 5.
No offense, but Windows XP *already* “pwns” MacOSX, AND Leopard.
Windows 7 will blow everything out like an atomic bomb, though.
who uses IE? and why should MS care if hackers take over your computer..they try too?
kill the blinkx ads?? why?
http://www.runescapewin.com
“Microsoft patches critical Windows bugs”
In other news, the sun rose yesterday morning and is expected to do so again tomorrow…