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Patch Tuesday March 2012

March 16, 2012 By

Time for my review of this month’s release of updates from Microsoft and others.

This Patch Tuesday brings a fairly small number of updates from Microsoft and some updates from Apple.

As I wrote this post, the Internet Storm Center issued a Yellow Alert! This is rare and was done to stress the importance of this Windows Update. It is important that you update now and make sure your Windows computer is updated for the RDP vulnerability below.

While Microsoft’s release is fairly small it has one very important update. The Apple updates affect any users of Safari which might or might not include you even if you don’t have an Apple computer. [Read more...]

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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...]

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A Java Exploit In The Wild And How To Protect Your Computer From It -Video

April 18, 2010 By

There is a Java exploit that affects all Windows and code is in use and infecting computers.

All that is needed for your computer to be infected with this malware is to visit a hacked website. There is no warning. No pop-up. You just visit the website and your computer is infected.

Within a few days of release, a Java exploit has been converted into malware and put into use infecting computers.

Sun/Oracle, the company that makes Java, has released an update that you need to make sure is applied on your computer or you risk getting your computer infected! In this post I’ll tell you a bit about the exploit and how to update Java on your computer to make your computer safe.

You can read the post or follow the video I created for you. [Read more...]

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Video-How To Keep Adobe PDF From Infecting Your Computer With Malware

April 7, 2010 By

There have been some recent exploits found in Adobe’s PDF file format.

These exploits or vulnerabilities can make it easy for malware to infect your computer in Adobe Reader. I have a video in this post to show you how to keep malware from infecting your computer through a PDF file. It’s a short video and securing your computer against this threat is well worth the 3 minutes. [Read more...]

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