Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008

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-{ Quote: "Published: December 16, 2008

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: December 16, 2008
Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: December 17, 2008

This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on December 17, 2008.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the revised December bulletin summary on December 17, 2008. The revised bulletin summary will include the out-of-band security bulletin as well as the security bulletins already released on December 9, 2008." }-Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-dec.mspx)

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Microsoft preps emergency IE patch for Wednesday release-{ Quote: "By Gregg Keizer

December 16, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will issue an emergency patch on Wednesday to quash a critical bug in Internet Explorer (IE) that attackers have been exploiting for more than a week, the company announced today.

The advance warning came less than a week after Microsoft acknowledged that exploit code had gone public and was being used by hackers to hijack Windows PCs running IE.

Microsoft will deliver the out-of-cycle patch Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST via its normal update mechanisms, including Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). " }-Story (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123612)

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Critical Patch has been released moments ago through MicrosoftUpdate. Please spread the word.