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Microsoft has patches today and also released some out of band about a week ago. Did you get them? Adobe is releasing patches today also. Finally, I also will have a bit of an update coming right here at Online IT Guide. [Read more...]
This is what Window Update looks like in the start menu
More specifically, it’s important if you view text on web pages or on emails. This Patch Tuesday is important if you use any Chinese language on your computer. It is important if you use Internet Explorer. It is important if you use Microsoft Office. It is important if you have an Apple computer and have Microsoft Office on it.
What? Microsoft Patch Tuesday important if you have a Mac? Yep.
There’s more too.
So, something for nearly everyone to update this November. Also, there is a major vulnerability that is not yet patched – I’ll save that for last. [Read more...]
There’s also been quite a lot of updates over the last month that were released out of schedule. So, what’s up for this month? Again, Apple users will have some downloading too. [Read more...]
The big news this month is not Microsoft’s official monthly patch release. In fact, during the last couple weeks, Windows has not been the main source of security problems. At least not directly. The internet security problems of the last few weeks seem to affect everyone. Linux and Mac OS Lion have had some potentially more serious problems this time. Most browsers have been updated as well recently. Adobe will have an update soon too. Still [Read more...]
This month has a very important update for laptop users in particular. There have been some other interesting things happening over the last month as well. Also, I am very late with the Patch Tuesday post this month, I have a very good excuse that I’ll tell you about.
However, there are some updates that may be more important than the Windows update. Adobe also released updates to several products and as these updates are needed to stop some current malware on the internet infecting computers, I’ll be covering those first. But wait! There’s still more to cover this month too!
Let’s look at what Adobe has for us first. [Read more...]
Also, there is yet another Adobe Flash exploit out that is already in use (a 0-day exploit). First, the Microsoft updates:
This is what Window Update looks like in the start menu
This month Microsoft has 17 bulletins covering 64 vulnerabilites.
That’s a lot! On Windows XP, I have seen up to [Read more...]
