The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Updated : March 2010 Security Bulletin Release Today we are releasing two Important security bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office. Both bulletins have an aggregate Exploitability Index rating of “1” so we recommend that customers deploy these updates as soon as possible. The Microsoft Exploitability Index provides additional information to help customers prioritize deployment of monthly security bulletins. A summary of today’s security updates can be found on the Microsoft Security Bulletin webpage... Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:03 GMT Security Advisory 981374 Released Hi everyone, Today we released Security Advisory 981374 addressing a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Internet Explorer 8 is not affected by this issue. Customers using Internet Explorer 6 or 7 should upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 immediately to benefit from the improved security features and defense in depth protections. Additionally, Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 is not affected.   At this time, we are aware of targeted attacks see... Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:00 GMT March 2010 Bulletin Release Advance Notification Today we are providing advance notification to customers that we will be releasing two bulletins this month affecting Windows and Microsoft Office products. Both bulletins are rated Important and address a total of 8 vulnerabilities. We recommend that customers review the Advance Notification webpage and prepare to deploy these bulletins as soon as possible. To provide additional guidance for deployment prioritization, customers should note that both bulletins will address issues that would re... Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:44:56 GMT Update: MS10-015 security update re-released with new detection logic Hi, I am writing to let you know that we have revised the installation packages for MS10-015 with new logic that prevents the security update from being installed on systems if certain abnormal conditions exist. Such conditions could be the result of an infection with a computer virus such as the Alureon rootkit. If these conditions are detected, the update will not be installed and the result will be a standard Windows Update error. If a user receives this error, they should go to the following... Publ.Date : Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:11:00 GMT Security Advisory 981169 Released Hello again, Today we released Security Advisory 981169 to address the VBScript issue involving Windows Help files that we blogged about yesterday. To reiterate what we said in that post, we are not aware of any active attacks at this time and the following operating systems are not affected by this issue: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista. Our investigation is ongoing. Users on older versions of Windows should review the Security Advisory for mitigatio... Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:04:13 GMT Add RSS Feeds To My Web Pages Increased Web Site Traffic