Recien nos enteramos, por intermedio de NeoWin, que Microsoft acaba de lanzar el patch que arregla la falla de seguridad de Internet Explorer que ocasionó los ataques de hackers chinos a Google.

Todo está explicado en el boletín de seguridad MS10-002 con caracter de update crítico. 

Este patch, llamado Out of Band, pues se lanza fuera de los programados por Microsoft, es algo necesario y que todos los usuarios del IE deberían de instalar en cualquiera de las versiones soportadas oficialmente por Microsoft.

A continuación tienen todos los enlaces a las diferentes versiones de la actualización de seguridad:

Windows Desktop downloads:

• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 for Windows 2000 SP4 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Vista (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 x64 Edition (KB978207)

Windows Server downloads:

• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 in Windows Server 2003 64-bit Itanium Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 in Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 in Windows Server 2003 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 64-bit Itanium Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB978207)
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB978207)