CRN has alerted us to an urgent update for a variety of versions of Microsoft Windows,
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) issued an emergency critical update Thursday addressing a malicious Internet worm that could allow attackers to infiltrate systems remotely and take control over users’ computers without any user interaction.The critical update is one of a handful of out-of-band patches released in the past few years, experts say. Microsoft issues regularly scheduled updates on the second Tuesday of every month, which has become known in IT security circles as “Patch Tuesday.”
The fact that Microsoft has released what is known as an “out-of-band” patchindicates that the vulnerability is pretty severe, experts say.
You can download the update by running Windows Update, or download it directly from the TechNet website here.