Microsoft plans to issue seven sets of defense patches on June 10 in a Patch Tuesday that will include critical fixes for Net Explorer, DirectX and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows.

Beyond the critical fixes, Microsoft plans to release patches rated urgent. crucial fixes are due for Active Directory, the Windows Web Name Service (WINS), and the Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol, which Windows uses to stream media to multiple recipients.

The seventh update is rated moderate. that defense update addresses “kill bit” for Windows. The patch disables cipher that has a known safety measure bug.

The Bluetooth Bug

The Bluetooth critical update affects the latest versions of Windows, including Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Vista SP1. The vulnerability could allow attackers to take control of a computer from a remote location.

Microsoft Baseline protection Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires that update. The update may require a restart.

Tyler Regulay, a protection

researcher at nCircle, said that by his records, that is the first instance Microsoft has issued a Bluetooth patch. “I’m curious to see what it affects,” he said, “especially given the rather small effective range of Bluetooth.” Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet.

Yet Another Kill Bit

The kill bit is a feature Microsoft invented to solve the problem of unexpected ActiveX execution in Web Explorer. that is a flag that allows a user to prevent execution of some ActiveX items while running Web Explorer.

“Microsoft is setting another kill bit,” Regulay said. “I’ll be interested to see what product it is that day. It was First4Internet XCP (Sony Rootkit incident) in 2005, and Yahoo Jukebox a few months ago.”

that month Microsoft is acknowledging two denial-of-service vulnerabilities. Regulay said it’s interesting that Microsoft is once again wavering on its DoS stance. Microsoft can’t seem to manufacture up its…

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