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February 2011 Patch Tuesday Updates ISO Image Released

Following last weeks Patch Tuesday updates the folks at Microsoft have released the entire collection of fixes in a DVD ISO format that you can burn to disc.  This will allow you to hand walk to all those PC’s that are not connected to the Internet and get them updated as well.

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Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Yesterday Microsoft released a security advisory that provided some information about a recently discovered vulnerability in IE6, IE7 and IE8 that they are looking into.  Please take note of how your system already has some safeguards in place to prevent this attack from hitting you and your PC.

The vulnerability exists due . . .

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Microsoft Releases Stability Update for Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft has posted a 330MB patch for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac that will update it to version 12.2.8.  This update improves stability but also addresses vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to overwrite your computers memory with malicious code.

They have also rolled 13 previous updates into this one to consolidate . . .

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KB2264107 Released to Address DLL Preloading Vulnerability

Microsoft has released a critical update to deal with an issue with DLL preloading that impacts Windows based software.

This update helps protect against DLL preloading vulnerabilities in software applications on the Windows platform. It implements new functionality which allows the administrator to more closely control how applications load external libraries. We . . .

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Apple Updates Safari Web Browser and Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Remember the discussion about a vulnerability in the AutoFill feature of the Safari Web Browser?

Well Apple has updated Safari to version 5.01 and it is ready for download from the Apple Safari web page to address that and a few other issues.

Now I did review this page and . . .

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