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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-072 - Critical
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (976325)

Published: December 08, 2009 | Updated: December 09, 2009
Version: 1.1

General Information

Executive Summary

This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. An ActiveX control built with Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) headers could also allow remote code execution; for more information about this issue, see the subsection, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update, in this section.

This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 7 (except when running on supported editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008), and Internet Explorer 8 (except when running on supported editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2). For Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 running on Windows servers as listed, this update is rated Moderate. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by correcting the control and by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles objects in memory. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection under the next section, Vulnerability
Information.

This security update also addresses the vulnerability first described in Microsoft Security Advisory 977981.
Recommendation. The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.

For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.
See also the section, Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance, later in this bulletin.
Known Issues. None

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is attempting to thwart the return of mankind’s savior, according to reports from Al Arabiya, a television news station based in Dubai.

Ahmadinejad reportedly claims he has documented evidence that the U.S. is blocking the return of Mahdi, the Imam believed by Muslims to be the savior.

“We have documented proof that they believe that a descendant of the prophet of Islam will raise in these parts and he will dry the roots of all injustice in the world,” Ahmadinejad said during a speech on Monday, according to Al Arabiya.

“They have devised all these plans to prevent the coming of the Hidden Imam because they know that the Iranian nation is the one that will prepare the grounds for his coming and will be the supporters of his rule,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

Ahmadinejad continued the rant by claiming there have been plots by both the West as well as countries in the East to wipe out his country, according to Iranian news Web site Tabak.

“They have planned to annihilate Iran. This is why all policymakers and analysts believe Iran is the true winner in the Middle East,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the site. He also alleged that foreign nations seek to control Iran’s oil and natural resources.

“In Afghanistan, they are caught like an animal in a quagmire. But instead of pulling their troops out to save themselves, they are deploying more soldiers. Even if they stay in Afghanistan for another 50 years they will be forced to leave with disgrace — because this is a historical experience,” Ahmadinejad reportedly said.

“They know themselves that they need Iran in the Middle East, but because of their arrogance they do not want to accept this reality. They are nothing without the Iranian nation and all their rhetoric is because they don’t want to appear weak.”

This man is not our friend…

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Today is the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. May we have a moment of silence, please.

My friend David Wilson was there. He was a signal man on the U.S.S. Tennessee (BB-43). After a couple of years of visiting him at Hearthstone, David finally told us what he remembered of the day.

David passed away a few years back, but I have not forgotten his words or him.

My dad went into the Navy in 1944. He served aboard an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in the Philippines and the Indo-China area.

He is still alive today at 82 years old and he still remembers World War II.

The Korean War vets remember.

The Vietnam vets remember.

The Gulf War vets remember.

The Iraqi war vets remember.

Let us remember.

And what should we remember?

How about these for starters….

The world is a dangerous place. Not everyone is our friend.

Freedom is a gift and a treasure. It was purchased for us at a great price. Let us not squander our gift.

They gave so that we might have the lives we live today.

Let us live our lives in a manner which honors their sacrifice.

If you get the opportunity, do something nice for a veteran today. At least tell him or her, “thank you”.

Clint Bridges

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LINK: FOX NEWS STORY

“Let me be clear, I am open to every demonstrably good idea. And I want to take every responsible step to accelerate job creation. We also though have to face the fact that our resources are limited,” Obama said.

Perhaps unwittingly, Vice President Joe Biden took the event a bit off-message at the start, painting a more dire picture of the nation’s economy than typically heard out of the administration.

At the opening session, Biden recalled an old Ronald Reagan line that people see the problem as a merely downturn when a stranger is out of work and a recession if it’s a relative who is unemployed - but a full-blown depression when they themselves lose a job.

“And it is a depression” for the nation’s 10 million unemployed, Biden added.

“Our task together is obviously not an easy one,” Biden said. And while the $787 billion stimulus package had helped kick-start the process, “the government’s capacity is still somewhat limited.”

Comment: Do you think they will ever figure it out? The government’s solution of printing more money and piling more of the burden on the everyday working man and small business owners has its limits.

Clint Bridges

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Link to Amazon.Com

Martin Gross at Harper Collins

Martin L. Gross, has written more than a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Government Racket: Washington Waste from A to Z, which began the serious debate over capricious and wasteful government, and A Call for Revolution, as well as The End of Sanity, The Medical Racket and The Conspiracy of Ignorance. His 1995 bestseller, The Tax Racket, exposed the excesses of the IRS and asked for its elimination. He has testified before the U. S. Congress five times. Three of his prior nonfiction works, The Brain Watchers, The Doctors, and The Psychological Society, stimulated public debate in the fields of psychological testing, medicine, and psychiatry, resulting in Congressional hearings and reforms. Mr. Gross has been a member of the faculty of The New School for Social Research and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Science at New York University. He lives and works in suburban Connecticut.

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