Patches in Abundance
    Patch Tuesdays are unpredictable affairs. Sometimes, there  are fewer patches than there are on a pair of Donald Trump's socks. Other  months, we get walloped with more fixes than if we were spending an afternoon  with Amy Winehouse. 
This month is on the high side, with eight patches that cure  some 23 software ills. Among the patches are remedies for WordPad and the Office  text converter. Microsoft also fixed an HTTP hole that plagued virtually all  versions of Windows.
I'm no expert on Microsoft security, but here's what Eric  Schultze, CTO of Shavlik, thinks. While eight patches may seem like a lot, much  of the work was to fix problems Microsoft earlier argued took much time to  resolve, or weren't a big deal. The fact that Microsoft went back and fixed  these holes is to be commended.
Yes, my friends, Microsoft really does want all these  security hassles to go away.
 
	
Posted by Doug Barney on April 15, 2009