Trustworthy computing strikes again. Read more at The Washington Post (use the bugmenot extension, it's awesome).
Microsoft Corp. yesterday released an unusually large number of software security updates to fix flaws in its products, some of which could be exploited to remotely take over computers running the Windows operating system.The free updates, available at Microsoft's Windows Update Web site, are designed to fix at least 21 vulnerabilities, several of which reside on nearly every version of the Windows operating system and affect hundreds of millions of computers.
Microsoft rated seven of the flaws as critical, its most dire warning, saying they could allow attackers to take control of computers when certain Web sites are visited. Three of the flaws are associated with the company's Internet Explorer Web browser.(emphasis mine)
If you use Windows, you want this update, and if you haven't already, then you should seriously consider replacing IE with Firefox -- the safer choice.
