Microsoft security essentials failing to update
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#MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS FAILING TO UPDATE UPDATE#
Adobe’s advisory for this update is here. 25.0.0.171 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS, is available from this link. In addition to the anti-malware product update, Microsoft today released fixes for dangerous security flaws in a range of products, from Internet Explorer and Edge to Windows, Microsoft Office. “Still blown away at how quickly responded to protect users, can’t give enough kudos.” Google’s Ormandy tweeted on Monday.
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On May 8, Microsoft released an out-of-band fix for the problem, demonstrating unusual swiftness in addressing a serious issue with its software. “If the affected antimalware software has real-time protection turned on, the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine will scan files automatically, leading to exploitation of the vulnerability when the specially crafted file scanned.” “To exploit this vulnerability, a specially crafted file must be scanned by an affected version of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine,” Microsoft warned. Rather than worry about their malicious software making it past Microsoft’s anti-malware technology, attackers could simply exploit this flaw to run their malware automatically once their suspicious file is scanned. Last week, Google security researchers Natalie Silvanovich and Tavis Ormandy reported to Microsoft a flaw in its Malware Protection Engine, a technology that exists in most of Redmond’s malware protection offerings - including Microsoft Forefront, Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender. Separately, Adobe has a new version of its Flash Player software available that squashes at least seven nasty bugs. Microsoft actually released an emergency update on Monday just hours ahead of today’s regularly scheduled “Patch Tuesday” (the 2nd Tuesday of each month) to fix a dangerous flaw present in most of Microsoft’s anti-malware technology that’s being called the worst Windows bug in recent memory. Adobe and Microsoft both issued updates today to fix critical security vulnerabilities in their software.