Update Tuesday

It's update Tuesday again. This month we have some security updates from Microsoft including a critical update for Internet Explorer 8 that fixes an issue currently being exploited on some web pages.

Adobe also released updates for Flash Player and Reader/Acrobat that should be installed as soon as possible.

Mozilla released a critical update for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail reader that resolves a few security issues.

Finally, I also forgot to make my post for last month that included an update for Java.

Links to download the updates manually are on the side, Firefox is updated from within the browser using the Help->About Firefox menu.

Updates and Soon to be Updates

Microsoft released it's regular monthly updates this last Tuesday. Included in this latest round of updates were critical updates to Internet Explorer that should be installed as soon as possible (even if you don't use Internet Explorer as your default browser).

Adobe also made an announcement about some security issues in Acrobat and Adobe Reader that are currently being used to exploit computers. They will be pushing out updates for those issues soon.

Java and Flash updates

Two critical updates happened this week, both should be installed ASAP.

Oracle patched more than 50 security flaws in a recent release of Java 7 (update 13).

Adobe provided a patch for Flash to block a vulnerability that is currently being used to infect computers with malware.

Updates for January and manual patch for IE7/8

It's update Tuesday for Microsoft. There are 7 update bulletins that cover fixes to more than 11 different vulnerabilities. In addition there is a critical manual update for Internet Explorer on Windows XP clients that needs to be applied.

If you are still running Windows XP (which Microsoft is dropping security support for in February) you need to install this fix-it patch. You should install the patch even if you are not using Internet Explorer as your default browser. If you are using IE 9 or 10 you don't need the patch.

If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you need to make sure you are upgraded to IE 9.

UPDATE: Adobe also release security updates for Flash and Adobe Reader today.

Update Tuesday again

It's a little late but last Tuesday was update Tuesday for Microsoft, Adobe and Apple.

Microsoft release several updates for Windows, Office and IE. Adobe released updates for FlashPlayer. Apple has updated their QuickTime player for Windows.

Links to the updates on the side bar.

Update Tuesday

Yesterday Microsoft released their monthly updates. There were 6 updates the fixed a variety of security issues. They should be installed as soon as possible.

Adobe also has recently released an update to Flash Player that should have been installed automatically.

Update for Adobe Reader/Acrobat

Adobe has released update versions of both Reader and Acrobat. They are not listed as a security update so there isn't any specific problem they are fixing but they did add new security features so you should update when you get the chance. You can install these updates from the help menu under check for updates.