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("Security Advisory")
Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0356 Microsoft Warns Corporate Users of Impending IE7 Upgrade:
Microsoft has warned corporate administrators that it will push a new version of
Internet Explorer 7 their way next month, and it has posted guidelines on how to
ward off the automatic update if admins want to keep the older IE6 browser on their
companies' machines. Microsoft has also confirmed that anyone who has used a set
of IE7 blocking tools offered since the summer of 2006 could end up with a new
browser unless they take steps in the next three weeks. The IE7 upgrade scheduled
to roll out via WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) on 12 February was announced
last October, when Microsoft said it would no longer require users to prove they
owned a legitimate copy of Windows XP before they were allowed to download the
newer browser. Microsoft explained that the move was prompted by security concerns.
(ComputerWorld 17JAN08)