December 20th, 2008 | 
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The drumbeat of news, and Microsoft’s own warnings that attacks were on the rise, prompted some to recommend that IE users abandon the browser for an alternative, such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera Software’s Opera or Google’s Chrome.
“That advice just wasn’t merited,” argued Schultze, “particularly with the patch coming.”
Kandek urged people to apply the patch immediately and said that enterprises should be able to deploy the fix without much testing. “You should be able to roll it out with your normal patch process,” he said. “I think any fallout should be minor. Fixes for Word, PowerPoint and especially IE, you should be able to [deploy] quickly without much testing necessary.”
The patch is available for users of Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and can be downloaded and installed via the Microsoft Update and Windows Update services, as well as through Windows Server Update Services…
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