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Security Protection - Harry Waldron (CS)

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Internet Explorer - Special Security Update on March 30, 2010

Microsoft will be releasing a special security update tomorrow for versions 6 and 7 of Internet Explorer.  This early release will better protect IE users from current threats circulating in the wild. Please apply these changes as prompted tomorrow to protect your PC.  Better yet, move to IE8  if you use Windows XP or Vista.

Internet Explorer - Out of Band Security Update on March 30, 2010
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/29/internet-explorer-cumulative-update-releasing-out-of-band.aspx

Internet Explorer - Out of Band Security Update Details
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-mar.mspx

Key vulnerability patched described in Microsoft Security Advisory 981374
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx

QUOTE: This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on March 30, 2010. The bulletin is being released to address attacks against customers of Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7.  Users of Internet Explorer 8 and Windows 7 are not vulnerable to these attacks.

MSRC BLOG:  Additionally, because Security Bulletin MS10-18 is a cumulative update, it will also address nine other vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that were planned for release on April 13.   (Other supported versions of IE could be potentially updated tomorrow)