Microsoft Security Bulletin Major Revisions - September 15, 2008
Issued: September 15, 2008
Summary
The following bulletins have undergone a major revision increment.
Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.
* MS08-054 - Critical
* MS08-053 - Critical
Bulletin Information:
* MS08-054 - Critical
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-054.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (September 15, 2008): Added entry to
the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security
Update section to communicate the re-release of the Norwegian
language update for Windows Media Player 11 on all supported
32-bit editions of Windows XP. Customers who require the
Norwegian language update need to download and install the
re-released update. Also removed an erroneous entry from the
Non-Affected software table.
- Originally posted: September 9, 2008
- Updated: September 15, 2008
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 2.0
* MS08-053 - Critical
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-053.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (September 15, 2008): Added entry to
the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security
Update section to communicate the re-release of the Norwegian
language update for Windows Media Encoder 9 Series running on
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows Media Encoder
9 Series running on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP
Service Pack 3, and Windows Media Encoder 9 Series running on
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003
Service Pack 2. Customers who require the Norwegian language
updates need to download and install the re-released updates.
- Originally posted: September 9, 2008
- Updated: September 15, 2008
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 2.0
Source- MSMVP’s Blog
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Livestation has been updated
Livestation is a free software application that provides a range of live news television channels and radio stations (over 500) that can be received on a computer anywhere with a basic broadband connection. You can watch television on your desktop, or on your laptop, at home, at work, on the move, or in a hotel room, provided you have a broadband internet connection or wireless access.
Livestation allows you to receive live TV and radio news from the world’s leading broadcasters on your PC, via a multi-channel interactive application on the desktop giving you a unique window on the world’s news. You can watch Livestation full screen or minimised to fit in the corner of your screen, enabling you to carry on with other tasks while also keeping an eye on the news. You can flick between channels just as you would on your TV set.
Livestation is legal, safe, free and comes with no strings attached.
Current features include:
- High quality live audio and video
- Channel selection and programme guide
- Programme information overlay
- Ability to scale player window from 50% to 200%
- Always on top window setting
- Full screen playback option
- Volume control and mute.
Other functions, including support for subtitles and audio description, and many other interactive features, will be added in future releases.
What’s new in Livestation 1.0.77.3:
- Fixed Silverlight installation issue
- Added support for more user streams
Minimum requirements:
* Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista
* Internet Explorer 6+
* 1.5 Ghz processor
* A network of at least 800 kbps.
* Microsoft Silverlight
* Free registration: Publisher’s website
Livestation is available for download at this address
Alternate download location: Livestation-1.0.77.3-Installer.zip (3.2 MB)
Link: Livestation Home Page
Source
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release to Automatic Updates
Microsoft is committed to providing quality products to customers. As part of this commitment, we would like to remind you that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) will be released to Automatic Updates shortly. The third service pack to Windows XP includes the previously released updates and hotfixes to Windows XP, creating a new baseline for servicing.
Optional Actions
If you wish to prevent users from installing Windows XP SP3 through Automatic Updates, Microsoft recommends you take one or more of the following steps:
1. Download and deploy the Windows Service Pack Blocker Kit. The Blocker Toolkit is available in the Microsoft Download Center.
2. Deploy an update management solution that provides full control over the updates you deploy to computers in your network (Compare Update Management Solutions). IT Administrators using an update management solution should use their product’s standard features, rather than the Blocker Toolkit, to control SP1 distribution.
Source- MSDN Blog
Microsoft’s XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a month ago, and it notably affected users of Symantec’s Norton Antivirus suite of products.
Some users who installed XP SP3 reported seeing garbled system entries that cluttered the Windows registry. The corruption in the registry led to problems such as lost Internet and wireless connections, along with uninitiated restarts caused by sporadic registry subkeys.
Microsoft provided an explanation for the problem in a Knowledgebase posting on Friday. The issue "occurs when the Fixccs.exe process is called during the Windows XP SP3 installation," the KB article explains. "This process creates some intermediate registry subkeys, and it later deletes these subkeys. In some cases, some antivirus applications may not let the Fixccs.exe process delete these intermediate registry subkeys." When the problem occurs, "certain applications" within Windows, such as "Device Manager and Network Connections" may be unable to function, Redmond added.
News Source: ENT News
Livestation launches NEW beta 1.0.76.7
Livestation is a free software application that provides a range of live news television channels and radio stations that can be received on a computer anywhere with a basic broadband connection. You can watch television on your desktop, or on your laptop, at home, at work, on the move, or in a hotel room, provided you have a broadband internet connection or wireless access.
Livestation allows you to receive live TV and radio news from the world’s leading broadcasters on your PC, via a multi-channel interactive application on the desktop giving you a unique window on the world’s news. You can watch Livestation full screen or minimised to fit in the corner of your screen, enabling you to carry on with other tasks while also keeping an eye on the news. You can flick between channels, just as you would on your TV set.
Livestation is legal, safe, free and comes with no strings attached.
Current features include:
- High quality live audio and video
- Channel selection and programme guide
- Programme information overlay
- Ability to scale player window from 50% to 200%
- Always on top window setting
- Full screen playback option
- Volume control and mute.
Other functions, including support for subtitles and audio description, and many other interactive features, will be added in future releases.
What’s new in Livestation 1.0.76.7:
- Personalise your player with your own channels(stream bookmarks).
- Bookmark your own channels, tag them, search for them
- Watch your own channels in Livestation.
- Twitter integration [view full changelog]
Minimum requirements:
* Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista
* Internet Explorer 6+
* 1.5 Ghz processor
* A network of at least 800 kbps.
* Microsoft Silverlight
* Free registration: Publisher’s website
Notes: This is a pre-release version of the Livestation player which may not include all the final features and may have faults or flaws. Please only install and use this version of the Livestation player if you are comfortable using pre-release software.
Livestation is available for download at this address
Link: Livestation Home Page
View: Source & Screenshots
Windows XP SP3 includes vulnerable Flash Player
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) ships with an out-of-date version of Adobe’s Flash Player that’s vulnerable to recently-spotted attacks, according to Microsoft’s support documentation. Windows XP SP3 includes Flash Player 9.0.115.0, a version released by Adobe Systems Inc. in December 2007. That version of Flash Player, however, was superseded by version 9.0.124.0 on April 8, nearly two weeks before Microsoft decided SP3 was done by giving it a Release To Manufacturing (RTM) label and sending it out for distribution.
The older version that shipped with XP SP3, however, harbors a bug that hackers have been exploiting since last week; that’s when security researchers, including those at Symantec Corp., reported what they at first thought was a zero-day vulnerability in the most current edition of Flash, 9.0.124.0. A few days later, however, Symantec retracted that claim, and said that only the older 9.0.115.0 was at risk.
Adobe has confirmed that version 9.0.115.0, included with XP SP3, is vulnerable to the ongoing attacks, which have originated from Chinese servers. Users have been attacked after visiting legitimate Web sites that had been hacked using now-common SQL-injection attacks. Users running XP SP3 can determine which version of Flash Player is installed by calling up this Adobe page in their browser. Adobe has recommended that all users update to version 9.0.124.0.
Source: ComputerWorld
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Deployment Tools
This is an updated version of the System Preparation tool (Sysprep.exe) for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3, as contained within the file deploy.cab.
The System Preparation tool
The Windows XP System Preparation tool enables administrators to prepare Windows XP system images as part of an automated deployment. You can use the System Preparation tool to perform the following tasks in a manner that is supported by Microsoft:
• Prepare Windows for duplication from one computer to another computer.
• Change security identifiers (SIDs) and other system and configuration settings to make them unique.
• Configure user-specific information to be customized by the end-user when Windows starts the first time.
• Create images of operating systems.
• Duplicate disks.
• Automate the Windows mini-Setup program.
• Perform auditing tasks.
The Sysprep.inf file
The Sysprep.inf file is the answer file for the Sysprep.exe program. To build the Sysprep.inf file, run the Setup Manager Wizard. Select the Sysprep Answer file option.
The Deploy.cab folder
The Support\Tools\Deploy.cab folder includes detailed documentation that describes the latest features of the deployment tools and how to use them. The documentation includes the Sysprep.exe program.
Symbols Package for Windows XP Service Pack 3
These are debug symbol files that cover the files modified by Windows XP Service Pack 3. Standard requirements for symbols packages in previous releases of Windows XP apply.
