Well, he would say that wouldn't he. But, if it were true, why would MS issue the patch out of schedule?

They must be totally embarassed that a third party provided a fix before they did

I think that Tiger~ has a good point a few posts above. How many machines have already been compromised?

Will your anti-malware pick up the payloads whatever they might have been?

Sure, some AVs were picking up attempted attacks before the patch, but how many did they miss?