Friday, February 15, 2008

Software Updates

Over the past week I have seen 4 vendors release critical patches to the products that more that likely you have installed on you computer.

Here is a brief run down...

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Microsoft releases patches for Windows. 6 critical and 5 important. https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-feb.mspx

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Java, Last month Update3 fixed critical flaws this month its update4. http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

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Apple QuickTime media player 7.4.1 Here is the official notice from apple http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307407

Click here to up date--> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

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Adobe Acrobat reader. The most resent version is 8.1.2

Click here to up date--> http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3853

This is just a reminder that updating your software on you computer is really like checking the tire pressure on you vehicle… Maintenance is a key factor to ensure computer reliability and to prevent malware.

---Steven Herrera

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