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Microsoft Patches & Updates for November 2010

November 9, 2010

Patch Tuesday for November 2010 sees the release of three Security Bulletins which are designed to address 11 vulnerabilities. This month it’s all about Microsoft applications, there being no reference to patches/updates for any of the Windows operating system versions. The applications targeted this month are: Office XP Office 2003 Office 2007 Office 2010 Office [...]

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Spying on Kids Can Be Costly

October 14, 2010

Way back on February 19, 2010, I published a blog article titled “Schools Spies On Kids — At Home!”. If you didn’t see that article at the time, and if you are at all concerned about your privacy, I suggest you CLICK HERE to take a quick look at the story now. Now eight months [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates for October 2010

October 13, 2010

Is this another record for the number of Microsoft patches & updates in one month? I don’t know, but there’s a lot of them. Patches for something like 49 “holes” in Windows, Internet Explorer and the .NET framework. So make sure you take action now. Fortunately the Microsoft Update process will automatically determine what software [...]

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PowerSuite Part II: Answering the Critics

October 5, 2010

Although I’ve only received a couple of e-mails on the topic since my previous article, I have received a few similar in the past, so I thought it worth addressing out in the open. In reference to my review of Uniblue PowerSuite, Hacker’s Nightmare member Les wrote: Although I’ve enjoyed your newsletters over the years [...]

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Uniblue PowerSuite: An Investigation That Changed My Opinion

October 2, 2010

Regular readers will be familiar with my general dislike of software suites, particularly in regard to security applications. Too often we see a developer make a name for themselves initially with software that addresses one particular area of security, such as anti-virus, or anti-spyware, or personal firewall. Then they start trying to be all things [...]

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Apologies…

September 21, 2010

My apologies for the lack of new posts recently. From the visitor’s perspective this WordPress blog continued to appear quite normal. However out of the blue I was suddenly unable to add new posts or pages. Any attempt to do so returned a server error. Specifically: “HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error”. PLEASE NOTE: [...]

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Shed Your Narrowband View of Broadband

August 16, 2010

While it is the upcoming Australian federal elections that has prompted this post, it is not intended to be either political or parochial. I’ll be very surprised if everybody everywhere doesn’t find this interesting, enlightening and maybe even a little bit frightening.

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Firefox & Windows/Microsoft Update

August 14, 2010

I’m still getting variations on questions related to performing Microsoft/Windows updates, so perhaps it’s time for a brief refresher. If, in any Microsoft operating system, you follow the sequence Start –> Programs –> Microsoft Update you will end up staring at the Microsoft browser which of course is Internet Explorer. Abandon Internet Explorer! It is [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates: August 2010

August 11, 2010

Well, Patch Tuesday rolls around again, and it’s a truly frenetic month for Microsoft patches & updates! 14 bulletins 34 vulnerabilities Numerous reboots! And yes, it’s a pain, but with eight of those patches rated critical you really can’t afford to ignore this lot. The Microsoft Update process will automatically determine if you have software [...]

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Critical Patch Alert for All Windows Users

August 3, 2010

Microsoft has just released a critical patch that is applicable to all currently supported versions of Windows.This is a must-install for all Windows users! Each month, on the second Tuesday of the month (fondly ????  known in the industry as Patch Tuesday) Microsoft releases a series of patches and updates for their various products. But [...]

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