Microsoft has provided a series of security updates that are designed to pre-patch RTW copy of Internet Explorer 8 Beta on Windows 7 Build 7000 for download. Total of the patch that is made to overcome the security problems in IE 8 is a 6 pieces that can affect the vulnerability of IE.
According to information obtained from Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8 is not affected in the RTW release of the previous Windows, including Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1. However, this is not the same as the pre-release version of IE8 as a standard component for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft has failed to disclose the exact number of vulnerabilities patched in IE8 on Windows 7, just the general rule, the only pair of critical security holes in the pre-release software. However, six of vulnerability can be resolved by MS09-014 has received a security assessment is different, according to the platform.
However, the problems that affect IE7 in Windows 7 is actually more related to memory and Page Transition vulnerability on Uninitialized memory. This means that although not a critical security vulnerability that is installed on IE8, Microsoft will not offer a patch for the end user to the Windows 7 post. This is not a problem for previous IE releases which are final on the final version of Windows.
At the same time, Microsoft has issued patches for Internet Explorer 7 in the pre-RTM copy of Windows operating system, Windows Vista, namely SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. Ditujukam this security update for Internet Explorer version 5 and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and running in all editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. While for Internet Explorer that are running in all editions of Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, update-update is very important to do.
