It’s that time of year – I mean that time of month again.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2010 is here.
What does it bring? For most Windows computers somewhere between [Read more...]
Which Web Browser Is The Best?
December 13, 2010 By
What is the best Web browser?
With the browser being just about the most important program on your computer, you have many options to choose from.
Yet, many never move past using the browser installed by the Operating System by default. Should you look for another browser? There are several to choose from, which one is the best? Even more important, [Read more...]
What Is A Browser?
December 9, 2010 By
What does a browser do, why is it important?
What is a browser?
First, you are using a browser to view this page. A browser is a program that runs on your computer. Windows is not a browser, it is a computer operating system and your browser is a program that runs on that operating system. Internet Explorer would be the browser that is included on all Windows computers (in the US at least).
To put it simply, a browser [Read more...]
How To Install Adobe Reader X aka 10
December 1, 2010 By
Adobe recently released Adobe Reader X
Actually, Adobe released it a couple weeks ago at the time of this post, but I had a few problems with it and waited to make sure it was going to work before I was going to recommend everyone switch to it.
I recommend that everyone with a Windows computer download and install Reader X right away.
Adobe Reader X
This new version of Adobe Reader is more than just a small fix or upgrade. It introduces a new security feature that should help keep malware off your computers.
This version introduces a feature called sandboxing in Reader.
What this means is that [Read more...]
Patch Tuesday November 2010 and Adobe Updates
November 9, 2010 By
Wow! Another month went by so fast. This time news from Microsoft and Adobe.
After last months record setting number of updates, Microsoft does not [Read more...]
Patch Tuesday October 2010
October 12, 2010 By
This is probably a record setting month for updates and for more than just Microsoft!
Yes, it’s already time for Microsoft’s monthly release of patches.
This month Microsoft has a record setting 16 bulletins. These fix a total of about 49 vulnerabilities. [Read more...]
An Important Online Shopping and Banking Warning
September 28, 2010 By
Microsoft is issuing an out of band security update tomorrow September 28,2010.
My personal suggestion is to avoid any online shopping and online banking for a day or two.
The exploit affects the Microsoft .net service that is used for keeping information on a Web server secure.
The SAN’s internet storm center sums up Microsoft’s advisory this way:
Translated, this means that the vulnerability undermines basic web application security.
While there probably be updates for all Windows computers, the real problem is on a Web server that is used for any type of financial account. [Read more...]
Time To Update Adobe Flash Again Right Away
September 20, 2010 By
Adobe released a much needed Flash Player update a week earlier than expected!
Today (September 20, 2010) Adobe released an update to Flash.
This update covers just about all Operating Systems. Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Unix, and even Android. Basically, every system except the iPhone and iPad (no flash fun for them).
This is a very important update, especially for Windows users.
The vulnerability that this update fixes has been being exploited for several weeks already in Windows. However, there is the possibility for any operating system to eventually see malware or attacks using this weakness.
For Windows, go to Adobe.com using Internet Explorer right now.
Click on this button on the Adobe.com webpage to update Flash Player
You can follow the instructions on the Adobe website – just click the “Get Flash” button there.
Click here for direction and a how-to video for updating Flash in Windows 7
For Windows XP, you can follow the directions to update Flash here, but use only Internet Explorer and not Google Chrome.
I expect there will also be an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat within a couple weeks but this Flash update should help with that vulnerability as it is Flash that also is the problem there.
Once more, if you have not updated Adobe Flash Player on your computer or Android device since Monday September 20th, you need to do so right away no matter what kind of computer you use.
If you do not update Flash, it is only a matter of time before malware will be installed on your computer. That is, if it is not too late already. This is that serious.
Updating Adobe Flash Player The Right Way
September 20, 2010 By
Some recent changes in Google Chrome have made the old tutorial I made about updating Adobe Flash a bit obsolete, so I now introduce a new, better one here. 
This will also work for Adobe Shockwave as well. I have a new video tutorial for installing Adobe Flash with this post also.
There is a right way, a wrong way, and a risky way to update Adobe Flash.
Unfortunately, the risky way and the wrong way are the same. The only difference is that the risky way you upgrade or install Adobe Flash. The wrong way installs malware on your computer and you don’t know you used the wrong way.
First, an example of the wrong way so you know why you need to upgrade or install Adobe Flash the right way.
The wrong way to update Adobe Flash. [Read more...]
Uninstalling Adobe Flash – Windows 7
September 19, 2010 By
How to uninstall Adobe Flash
Sometimes, when you are trying to update Adobe Flash (or any another program) an old version of the program will cause some type of problem with the update. Specifically, Adobe mentions this possibility with Flash. I have seen this myself when doing tutorials for updating Adobe Flash. In my case, the error was because Flash was already updated. However, you may not know for sure that is the case and all you will have to do is uninstall the previous version (or versions) and then install the updated version.
Here’s a video for Uninstalling Adobe Flash. [Read more...]
