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Re: MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update

From	Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update
Date	2012-04-16 16:36 +0100
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On 16/04/2012 15:46, dcox wrote:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2641426
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29326
>
>   Inside the msi file there is mscomctl.cab. This contains mscomctl.ocx
> version 6.1.98.33. I assume this is the file that should now be
> redistributed and not the one in VB60SP6-KB957924-v2-x86-ENU which contains
> mscomctl.ocx version 6.01.98.16.
>   More info about in on the podcast https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm
> episode 348 about 17 minutes in.

Normal practice (as with the security updates to the VB runtimes) is to 
distribute the latest from the service pack and leave the updates to 
Windows Updates.
As long as your installer correctly handles the version number, you 
shouldn't have a problem.

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Deanna Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)
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MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update dcox <dcox2121@gmail.com> - 2012-04-16 07:46 -0700
  Re: MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-04-16 16:36 +0100
    Re: MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update "dcox" <d.cox@hushmail.com> - 2012-04-16 10:42 -0600
  Re: MS12-027 MSCOMCTL security update "Clive Lumb" <clumb2@gratui_en_anglais.fr.invalid> - 2012-04-25 13:49 +0200

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