Patch Tuesday July 2011

What you need to know about this July’s Microsoft updates.

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.

First, Patch Tuesday’s updates. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday June 2011

Yep, it’s time for Microsoft’s official monthly release of updates and patches to protect your computer from malware.

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...]

Patch Tuesday May 2011 – More For Mac Than Windows

Well, it’s another Microsoft Patch Tuesday but lately there seems to be more happening involving malware for Mac users to worry about.

First Microsoft’s monthly update. [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday April 2011

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...]

Patch Tuesday March 2011

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...]

Patch Tuesday February 2011

Lots of updates this Patch Tuesday and not just from Microsoft!

It’s Microsoft’s monthly patch release day already. I got caught off guard a bit thinking it would be next week, but no, it was today.

Microsoft, Adobe, and Firefox all have important updates released today.

From Microsoft: [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday January 2011

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...]

Windows Updates – Patch Tuesday December 2010

It’s that time of year – I mean that time of month again.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2010 is here.

What does it bring? For most Windows computers somewhere between [Read more...]

Patch Tuesday November 2010 and Adobe Updates

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...]

Patch Tuesday October 2010

This is probably a record setting month for updates and for more than just Microsoft!

Yes, it’s already time for Microsoft’s monthly release of patches.

This month Microsoft has a record setting 16 bulletins. These fix a total of about 49 vulnerabilities. [Read more...]