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Microsoft Out of Band Advance Notice | Fix it Solution

Sep 19, 2012 10:26PM PDT

[The below is a continuation of (stickie) post titled: Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2757760]

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2012

Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Version: 2.0

This is an advance notification for one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on September 21, 2012. The bulletin addresses security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the September bulletin summary on September 21, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-sep

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The cumulative update (MS12-063) for Internet Explorer addresses issues described in Security Advisory 2757760 as well as four other critical-class remote code execution issues.

For the time being, Microsoft released a Fix it solution which can be found here:: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2757760

As Yunsun Wee described the Fix it solution in her most recent blog post, "This is an easy, one-click solution that will help protect your computer right away. It will not affect your ability to browse the web, and it does not require a reboot of your computer".

Sources:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2012
Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Internet Explorer could allow remote code execution
Internet Explorer Fix it available now; Security Update scheduled for Friday

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