Microsoft readies Windows 8 patch

Microsoft is preparing major patches for its newest operating system Windows 8 this coming Tuesday, a tech site reported over the weekend.

 

The patches address bugs in Internet Explorer 10, the browser used in Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows RT, PC World reported.

 

"This is one of the few bulletins this month that has a critical impact on the current code, hitting Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows 7 with a critical remote code execution issue. We recommend that this bulletin be your first patch and you should update Internet Explorer while you're at it," it quoted Paul Henry, a security and forensic analyst at Lumension, as saying.

 

PC World said the patches are targeting problems similar in IE from version 6 to 10.

 

As such, the problem affects operating systems such as XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

 

Alex Horan, a senior product manager at CORE Security, pointed out browser vulnerabilities can lead to exploits downloaded from infected or hacked websites.

 

Meanwhile, PC World said other Microsoft patches are rated important, "which means they could be exploited to compromise user data."

 

It said one patch will fix Windows Defender, part of the security package in Windows 8 and Windows RT. — TJD, GMA News