“Patch Tuesday” is here again…
This is your monthly reminder that Microsoft has just released its latest batch of software patches & updates.
Did you know…
If you had been applying Microsoft’s patches and updates on a regular basis, you would be IMMUNE from infection by the Conficker worm that is currently causing so much angst. Same applies to many other threats that rely on vulnerabilities in Windows that have already been patched by Microsoft. So remember that you…
IGNORE PATCHES & UPDATES AT YOUR PERIL
PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of what browser you prefer to use on a day-to-day basis, you should use Internet Explorer to find and apply patches & updates. Use the Internet Explorer menu option:
Tools -> Windows Update
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you miss the updates : may 11 2009
Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [May 2009] (KB905866)
-requires wga-
and the every month windows malicious removal tool
Mike, you replied to an April blog post about May events. The May Patch Tuesday reminder is at:
http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/patches-updates-microsoft/microsoft-patches-updates-may-12-2009/
Both of the updates you mentioned are announced each month on patch Tuesday.
In fact what Microsoft actually says about updates to the Malicious Software Removal Tool is this: “Microsoft releases an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month, and as needed to respond to security incidents.”
KB905866 on the Junk E-mail Filter was published by Microsoft on May 11, only the day before patch Tuesday.
And by the way, there is a way to get around the WGA, but it is convoluted, there are some downsides, and I’m not going to go into it here. If you want to look into it just remember that “Google is your friend”