IE Patch Beats Coal In Your Stocking

"The virus came unexpectedly. I thought my defenses were good enough, but clearly I was unprepared. This virus has proved to be unusually tenacious. I can't seem to clear it out. As soon as I see progress, the bug reemerges and attacks my system. The point: Exploits happen. Merry Christmas and be glad it's not Happy New Year. Security exploits or attacks are now commonplace during the holidays. Somebody should be grateful that Microsoft got to this one early. If this is the only big security problem during the holidays, your IT organization got off easy.

Still, for many IT organizations and even consumers, today's out-of-band Internet Explorer patch is late enough to be trouble. Who wants to be distributing patches during the annual holiday party (assuming your company has one and it's no wake for those employees surviving layoffs)? For some consumers, that patch didn't come soon enough; they've been exploited already...........