Microsoft Emergency Update Today?

Did everybody who uses Windows get the special security patch that Microsoft came out with today?

Microsoft today 4/3/07 issued an "emergency" patch to address vulnerabilities in Windows.

"Microsoft Corp. plans to patch a security hole in Windows on Tuesday related to an animated cursor that hackers have used to launch attacks after users click on links to malicious Web sites."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070402/wr_n...

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"The MS07-017 update includes patches for a total of seven animated cursor (.ani) vulnerabilities, three affecting Windows Vista. In addition to Windows Vista, the update applies to Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Server 2003 SP2"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=365

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Microsoft must have felt this update was extremely important as it is issuing the patch, one week ahead of its monthly scheldueled "Patch Tuesday" which is the 2nd Tuesday of every month.

If you don't have your computer set-up for automatic updates, you can get 'em manually by clicking Tools then Windows Updates in Internet Explorer.

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I also got the update. It sure does seem like a serious issue. I got mine through automatic updates.