News Microsoft Posts Security Update-ish

The boys at Redmond have been burning the candle at both ends, obviously. This from Wired:

NEW YORK -- Microsoft issued an interim security update Friday to protect users of its nearly ubiquitous Internet Explorer browsers from a new technique for spreading viruses.

The update does not entirely fix the flaw that makes the spread possible, but it changes settings in Windows operating systems to disable hackers' ability to deliver malicious code with it.

The security measure came in response to last week's discovery of a computer virus designed to steal valuable information like passwords. Though its outbreak was mild, security experts said the technique for spreading it was novel and could be used to send spam or launch broad attacks to cripple the Internet.

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So they haven't fixed the hole at all. Isn't that like saying "Please Mr Burglar, do come in as the door's wide open. We're safe because we've hidden all the valuables..."