Users Report Glitches With Microsoft's Flash Patch

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via TechWeb News.

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If, as an analyst suggested Tuesday, Microsoft plans to begin patching more than its own software, its first effort got 
off to a rocky start. By Wednesday, Windows users were complaining of glitches in updating Adobe's Flash Player through 
the Windows Update service.

Microsoft took the unusual step Tuesday of feeding an updated edition of Flash Player to Windows XP, Windows 98, and 
Windows Millennium users. It was the first time the Redmond, Wash. developer took an active role in pushing a 
third-party product update to users.

Even a member of Microsoft's Security Response Center's team noted the shift. "I've been in the MSRC now for a while, 
seen a lot of 'interesting' things happen around here and it is a bit of a trip to look at our list of bulletins we 
shipped today and see the words Flash, Adobe, and Macromedia in the titles," said Craig Gehre, the release manager for 
MSRC. "Different to say the least."

That was the reaction of users on a Microsoft support newsgroup, but not in a good way.

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More:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/187202025

- ferg


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