Cause of windows security updates 13/10/10

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could tell me/ point me in the right direction what caused microsoft to release so many security updates across all systems on Wednesday?

I have heard that these were triggered because of a new virus or similar and I have been having issues with my pc(s) for a few weeks now, so I thought I may have picked up the problem pre update...

I'll post my issue with the PC's in the network forum if you are interested.


Thanks in advance.

Doo0592

Dont worry, the virus everybody's talking about is the Stuxnet worm. This is an extremely sophisticated malware that attacks SCADA systems (industrial control software running things like nuclear power plants, power grids etc.). It is being analyzed and some think it was aimed at a nuclear power plant in Iran, but the whole issue has not been deciphered yet. However, an ordinary home user is unlikely to encounter it so you can relax.

The latest whopper update from MS included fixes for some of the loopholes exploited by Stuxnet. I believe they also incuded a fix for Zeus trojan.

Thanks guys :)

Quick reply to howling wolves :)

I was using norton but I hate it so it's been ditched lol. Trialling AVG for the moment but looking at others. What does MSE stand for? Is it a good program?