You are here: Home / Archives for Microsoft

Patch Tuesday February 2012 Microsoft’s Valentine

February 15, 2012 By

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday happened to be Valentine’s Day.

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...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , , , , , ,

Patch Tuesday April 2011

April 13, 2011 By

For Patch Tuesday April 2011 Microsoft seems to be making another record breaking attempt at releasing a large number of patches.

Also, there is yet another Adobe Flash exploit out that is already in use (a 0-day exploit). First, the Microsoft updates:

Window Update

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...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Patch Tuesday March 2011

March 10, 2011 By

It’s that time of month again – time to update your computer, that is.

What does Microsoft have for Patch Tuesday March 2011?

Compared to some of the last few patches, this month’s release of fixes by Microsoft is fairly small. Just 3-4 updates for XP with a few more in Windows 7. For those running Windows 7 there may be an extra surprise in the updates this month. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Patch Tuesday January 2011

January 11, 2011 By

It’s the first Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2011!

Yippee!

Actually, this first batch of updates is not too big. Just a few updates. What worries me a bit more is about what Microsoft didn’t patch this Patch Tuesday. Also, Microsoft is not the only one with updates lately. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , ,

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...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , ,

Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2010

August 10, 2010 By

Well, it’s another Microsoft Patch Tuesday already.

Microsoft’s official monthly release of vulnerability patches and bug fixes is here for August 2010. What’s in store for us this month?

Microsoft is releasing a near record number of [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , ,

Video-How To Update Windows Manually

August 4, 2010 By

Here’s a video on how to force a Windows Update.

Why would you want to force a Windows Update?

There are several reasons you may now want to wait for an automatic Windows Update:

  • You have had the computer off for a while and need to make sure it is safe before you browse the web.
  • Microsoft releases an out of band update for an exploit currently in use [Read more...]
Filed Under: Computer Software Tagged With: , , , , ,

Microsoft Issues An Emergency Update To Stop Shortcut Exploit

August 2, 2010 By

Ok, if you are running Windows, do a Windows Update before you read any further and then come back.

Today, Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix an exploit that allowed maliciously crafted shortcut files to load malware. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog News Tagged With: , , , ,

Dangerous New Exploit Has Computer Security Experts Very Concerned

July 19, 2010 By

It’s the end of the world! Well, maybe not, but..

A dangerous exploit was released over the past few days for Windows computers that could be extremely serious. How serious?

The Internet Storm Center has raised the Infocon Threat Level to Yellow.

The last time that they have listed for raising the Threat Level was back in [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Microsoft Patch Tuesday June 2010

June 8, 2010 By

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2010

Have you updated your Windows computer or computers yet today? This month Microsoft has patches for at least 10 vulnerabilities. Three of these are listed as critical with seven listed as important. More about what critical and important mean and what that means to you in a bit

While the past few weeks have been kind of quiet, lots has been going on the last few days with malware. There are important announcements from Adobe and interesting news (or bad news) for Mac OS fans.

What this Patch Tuesday means to your Windows computers. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: , , , , , ,
Next Page »