Patch Tuesday May 2012

It’s time again for Microsoft’s monthly patch release.

Lots of news for this month’s Patch Tuesday.

News of the Apple malware that does not seem to go away. Adobe has a free update and three you have to pay for. Not to be outdone on it’s own release day, Microsoft has an amazing amount of updates this month. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday April 2012

Patch Tuesday April 2012 everyone’s favorite day!

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...]

Patch Tuesday March 2012

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...]

Patch Tuesday February 2012 Microsoft’s Valentine

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...]

Patch Tuesday January 2012

The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2012

I have lots of news for this month’s Patch Tuesday.

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...]

Patch Tuesday December 2011

December’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday has some important updates.

This month’s updates are important if you use Windows.  :-D

Window Update

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.

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Patch Tuesday November 2011 – Microsoft Adobe and Apple

While this month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday itself is not large, there are some updates from Apple and Adobe released today also.

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...]

Windows Patch Tuesday October 2011

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday again.

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...]

Patch Tuesday September 2011 – Important News

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2011

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...]

Patch Tuesday August 2011 and the Lion Roars In A Flash

Yep, it’s that Microsoft patch time of the month again.

This month in addition to Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday there is a surprise update for some Adobe products. Also a new malware targeting new Mac OS Lion users recently appeared.

What does Microsoft have this month for updates? [Read more...]