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What’s hot in Windows security: Updating Windows Update; new IE scare

November 11th, 2007 by dnielson

A dangerous command execution vulnerability leads off the October installment of our “What’s hot in Windows security” podcast. Learn about this Internet security threat, as well as how users were forced to download updates from Microsoft’s Windows Update service, even if they had prohibited such downloads.

Highlights:

  • (0:33) Serdar Yegulalp’s take on the recent URI vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7
  • (3:21) The risks of Microsoft automatically downloading updates to the Windows Update service
  • (5:39) The implications of future “stealth” downloads.
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    Posted in Windows XP, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows security vulnerability, Windows Update | 2 Comments »