I see your smiley there, but can we not give credit where credit is due?
When Microsoft made the corporate decision to release updates on a monthly
schedule, it was not only for their benefit but the entire IT infrastructure
as well. They also stated to the sort that if a situation warranted an
update outside of the normal schedule, they would release it ASAP,
regardless of the schedule. This patch has been released 5 days ahead of
January's scheduled updates. I am not a programmer but, I imagine that it
takes time to code and thoroughly test these patches. They did provide a
temporary workaround very soon after they became aware of the exploit. I can
remember the days when patches were released too soon, resulting in the
necessity to re-patch the patches. Certainly not good for their corporate
image! I'm not proposing that Microsoft (or any company or person for that
matter) is beyond reproach but, I do see this situation as responsible
action and fulfillment of a promise.

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~john aka: jopa


"John Waller" <johnw@REMOVETHISpinnacleweb.com.au> wrote in message
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>> I downloaded and installed it. Now I am a little safer until the next
>> exploit.
>
> From the exploit itself?
>
> or from passionately discussed threads in this forum on Microsoft's delay
> in releasing the patch?
>
> :-)
>
> --
> Regards
>
> John Waller
>