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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Adobe .PDF Reader Critical Fix
Adobe has announced a patch for its Reader that is a must have as always.
It appears Adobe's software is highly unsafe and worse, breaks quickly giving the evil-doers more time to exploit the openings. Oops.
Details at Krebs on Security. And, Aviv Raff On .NET has apparently found the horrible Adobe Download Manager will re-install the evil
bits so make sure you un-install it as well. Firefox users should disable or un-install the Adobe Download Manager Extension/Add-on.
Edited on: Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:59.00 PM EDT
| Categories: Adobe, Alternative Apps, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
Friday, February 12, 2010
Adobe Flash Security Upgrade
Adobe has released an out-of-sequence update of its Flash Player that fixes two critical security holes in its Web browser plugin.
The latest version is now version 10.0.45.2. Visit here to check your version.
Also, remember that you will have to install the upgrade seperately for each browser you use so if you're like me well, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Chrome all need patching!
Edited on: Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:59.36 PM EDT
| Categories: Adobe, Best Practices, Security Alerts
Thursday, February 11, 2010
OpenOffice.org 3.2 Available
OpenOffice.org 3.2 is a welcome release if it reduces the sluggish start up time that has always plagued the OpenOffice.org productivity suite. While the present Quickstarter application reduces start up times it is itself a process hog that interferes at times with other programs.
The lack of Extensions is also maddening. Firefox and Opera are chock full of 'em.
It's available here.
| Categories: Alternative Apps, Openoffice.org
If you can read this . . .
. . . then your Windows machine hasn't had a BSoD lately I'll guess. It appears one of the updates from Bill has caused mischief
If you have not updated recently you may wish to do a custom update after deselecting KB977165. If you have downloaded the updates but not installed them, again, you may wish to do a custom update after deselecting KB977165. If you have installed it and everything is fine but you are still wary and want it gone then simply go to the Control Panel - Add or Remove Programs (ensure Show updates is checked) - click the Remove button for KB977165.
Best practice is to download but not install for a couple of days. If there is a problem let the rest of the Interpipe sort it out, eh?
Krebs on Security has a (probable) fix here.
