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Microsoft strips some Windows 7 users of IE11 patch privileges
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Microsoft has quietly stopped serving security updates to Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) on consumer and small business Windows 7 PCs unless the customer has successfully applied an April update for the browser.
The requirement and associated patch stoppage were similar to those Microsoft mandated for Windows 8.1 when it told customers they had to migrate to Windows 8.1 Update by June 10 or lose their patch privileges. The Windows 7 requirement, however, affected only IE11, Microsoft's newest browser, not the operating system
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"This update applies only to computers that are running Internet Explorer 11 and that do have update 2919355 (for Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2) or update 2929437 (for Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) installed," stated the June support document associated with MS14-035, the massive June IE collection of 59 vulnerabilities, 47 of which applied to IE11. "All future security and non-security updates for Internet Explorer 11 require you to have update 2919355 or update 2929437 installed in order to receive updates (emphasis added)."
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More @ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249125/Microsoft_strips_some_Windows_7_users_of_IE11_patch_privileges?taxonomyId=85
Related:
MS14-035: Security update for Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11: June 10, 2014
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2957689
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-035 - Critical
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-035
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