On Tuesday, Microsoft released nine updates during the patch-day for February, with a total of 56 problems. As often in the past, Microsoft not only stuffed known gaps, but also created new ones. This means that the update called KB3001652 can lead to a freezing of the update process. This in turn causes system crashes. The update aimed at the Office runtime and was intended for the Visual Studio 2010 tools. Microsoft has withdrawn the update for complaints in the forum and on Twitter.
Update from 12.02.2015: Windows Update problems with KB3001652 get rid of
The other updates do their job. Three of the nine updates were categorized by Microsoft as critical. In this month alone, Microsoft is dedicating 41 of the 56 updates to Internet Explorer. Users of versions 6 to 11 get various patches, including the current update of the Adobe Flash Player. This caused excitement at the beginning of last week because there was a security breach that had not yet been patched, but had already been exploited by cybercriminals.
Another critical issue concerns bugs in the drivers of the Windows kernel mode. These allow attackers to inject and execute malicious code through embedded TrueType fonts on prepared websites. The updates come for the Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows 8.1, Windows RT, Windows 7, Windows Vista and various server versions. The third critical gap is closed in the group guidelines. A security issue allowed the execution of malicious code via a remote connection.
You can find details about further updates of the February patch day on the Microsoft website. Also check out our guide to help you avoid problems with the Windows update.
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