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Well, maybe not. In fact, with some in the computer field, it’s right up there with April 15th – tax day. This months updates includes some from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, we’ve had some very concerning news in the last week for Mac users. So, what’s up this month? [Read more...]
Time for my review of this month’s release of updates from Microsoft and others.
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...]
Microsoft had some important updates (they are all important but some are a bit more critical than others) but they were not alone. Adobe has an update. Java has an update. Finally, some important news if you have a smartphone or an iPad – which it seems nearly everyone does nowadays. *Update – while writing this post I discovered Adobe has release an update for Adobe Flash. This may be more important to update than [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
Are you thinking your email account has been hacked?
Perhaps some of your contacts are complaining that you are sending emails with spammy links. Maybe you keep getting logged out of your account with a message that you are logged in on another computer. These are some things that I have had happen to several people I know recently.
You may use it to log into your bank account. You use it to create almost any social media account like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Once someone gets control of your email address, they can find out what accounts it is used for and then request new passwords for them. Worse, many people use the same password for many of their accounts. You also probably have a lot of personal information in those emails that could really mess up things for you. Your email account is important and needs to be secure.
How can you make sure no one has hacked your email account and it is safe?
Microsoft is issuing an out of band security update tomorrow September 28,2010.
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.
Yep, I’m late. Maybe more important than this month’s Patch Tuesday may be Adobe’s warning.
While a couple of the patches this month are for exploits that are currently being used, they don’t seem to be aimed at the typical home user. One of the currently active exploits does target the printing system in Windows and this is at the top of the list in importance. This may affect you if you share a printer on your network.
You make get a link in an email. If you click on the link it will take you to a PDF page which can download and install malware on your computer. In this case, you may be asked to install some program like a screensaver.
Why would you want to force a Windows Update?
