Patching time for IE

• ndmmxiaomayi

  8 Jun 07, 17:58

  Please go and patch your IE (whether IE6 or IE7) as there has been some exploits being ran recently...
  
  For XP SP2
  
  For 64-bit XP Professional
  
  For Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1
  
  For Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 on Itanium-based servers
  
  For Windows Server 2003 on 64-bit systems
  
  For IE5.1 on Windows 2000 SP4
  
  For IE6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4
  
  For IE7 on Windows XP SP2
  
  For IE7 on 64-bit version of Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Professional SP2
  
  For IE7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2
  
  For IE7 on Itanium-based Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2
  
  For IE7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 on 64-bit systems
  
  KB article is 929969.
  
  For Windows XP Home/Professional users:
  
  Go to Start > Control Panel. Double click on Add/Remove Programs.
  
  Scroll down check if you have this entry:
  
  Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 6/7 (KB929969)
  
  If it is, you need not install it, otherwise, you will need to.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  8 Jun 07, 18:08

  Also, be careful of emails going around that warn you to install this update. This is fake.
  
  http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2946&rss
  
  An explanation:
  
  

  Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-4
  Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (113742734)
  Published: June 3, 2007
  Version: 1.0
  
  Summary
  
  Who should read this document: Customers who use Microsoft Windows
  
  Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution
  
  Maximum Severity Rating: Critical
  
  Recommendation: Customers should apply the update immediately.

  Red parts, wrong info.
  
  MS06-4: Wrong format. It should read MS07-004. MS07 stands for the year.
  
  113742734: Too many numbers. Microsoft KB (Knowledge Base) article doesn't have so many numbers.
  
  June 3, 2007: Wrong date. It has been first published on 9 January 2007, and has been updated on May 29 2007.
  
  Version: Wrong. It's at version 3.
  
  Exact article is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929969/en-us