Microsoft retrofits security alerts, IE patch
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft has retrofitted two things: its advanced notifications of security bulletinsformerly so devoid of detail that customers complained it was like knowing a hurricane was coming but not whenand a finicky IE patch that wouldn't start IE for some users.
Responding to customer requests for more detail, the company will debut a new ANS format when it next comes out on June 7. The ANS notice usually comes on the Thursday before Patch Tuesday.
The big change will be that each bulletin will carry information on maximum severity, vulnerability impact, detection and affected products. Previously, Microsoft provided those subsets of information only by platform.