Microsoft August Update Fixes 120 Vulnerabilities, Two Zero-Days

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Microsoft is rolling out the August patch Tuesday update and it contains a lot of fixes, including 120 vulnerabilities and two zero-days, with some of the bugs marked as "critical".

Here are some of the product with an update.

Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based)
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Microsoft ChakraCore
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Scripting Engine
SQL Server
Microsoft JET Database Engine
.NET Framework
ASP.NET Core
Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
Microsoft Dynamics

Here's the full list of August 2020 security updates [portal.msrc.microsoft.com...]

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I clicked on portal.msrc.microsoft.com link.

With JS disabled for everything that is linked this is what I see on screen.

Standard MS Header then this on screen:

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Then footer.

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And how is new version of Skype just got reinstalled, and included at start up, and running 5 processes after applying updates and rebooting?

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I know the frustration. Microsoft Processes Slow PCs to a Crawl [webmasterworld.com]
Skype has been a struggle to use since MS acquired it. It would never work on this machine. I wouldn't get any prompts, or know that someone was trying to contact me. i gave up with it.
Now MS is really pushing it.