Microsoft: Malware may cause BSOD patch issue

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Microsoft officials issued a status update on Friday for the BSOD patch issue affecting a limited amount of users. Jerry Bryant, Sr. Security Communications Manager at Microsoft, confirmed the company was continuing their investigations into the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) issues related to Windows Patch MS10-015. "We ...

Microsoft investigating claims of wide spread BSODs due to recent patch (Update)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

On Tuesday, Microsoft released a patch (KB977165) for Windows that seems to be causing a lot of headaches for users of Windows XP. ComputerWorld claim that numerous reports have been hitting Microsoft’s help forums by users who are complaining that after the update they now are receiving a ...

Microsoft preparing bumper Patch Tuesday for February 2010

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Microsoft issued an advanced bulletin notification on Thursday detailing 26 vulnerabilities the company plans to fix on Tuesday February 9. February's Patch Tuesday will include 13 bulletins - five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate - addressing 26 vulnerabilities. The huge bumper Patch Tuesday ...

Microsoft set to fix 17 year old Windows vulnerability next week

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Microsoft has confirmed it is on course to issue a patch next Tuesday for a recently discovered 17 year old Windows vulnerability. In January BlogoFlux reported on the recent discovery of a Windows vulnerability that has existed since the release of Windows NT 3.1 in 1993. The ...