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News Patch Tuesday brings critical IE, Windows, Office fixes

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 9 Sep 2013
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    dr-strangelove What's a Dremel?

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    I'm curious how an IE vulnerability could allow someone to do a remote code execution if IE is uninstalled/disabled?
     
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  3. Gareth Halfacree

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    Because, unfortunately, you can't uninstall IE from Windows - not fully. Large portions of it remain embedded within the OS.
     
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    Just hoping that it's mass demand for the update that's causing only one PC to be updated on the day, it's been patch Wednesday for a few months now.
     
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    I've had the same set of three Office updates install themselves multiple times on different machines, so is Windows update screwed or have I been hacked and it's all the Zombies leeching off my connection that are updating at the same time?
     
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