Hey folks!
After you VOTE today, please take a look at the updates below.
Microsoft released MS Live 2011 through Windows Update this week, providing advanced functionality for blogging, chat and other service integration. This should be treated as a security update, but, during installation when it asks if you want to install “everything” or “only updates”, select “only updates” to avoid installation of software you will not use. Also released is an update to the Application Compatibility package, enabling better support for a number of legacy applications and games. Visit Windows Update now to get the updates:
http://update.microsoft.com/
Apple released updates to iPhoto, ProKit, Aperture, MacBook Air firmware, Mac Pro firmware and released iLife 2011. Some of these are security updates. Use the Apple Updater to get the most current updates for your Mac.
Adobe AIR 2.5 is a feature and bugfix update. This version adds hardware performance improvements, and better device support. This is not a security update.
http://get.adobe.com/air
Adobe Shockwave 11.5.9.615 is another security update. Exploits are active and in the wild. Shockwave has become less and less necessary, UNLESS you play games online — and often, even then, you probably don’t need it. Please consider removing it (doing so WILL NOT affect any business software you require), and if you find you do require it, reinstall from the link below:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave
Important Notes
Everything above this section should be checked by everyone on every computer. Chances are good that close to every single computer you touch will be affected by those updates. This is not the case with the items below, though you should still check each line item below to see if it applies to software you have installed.
Please remember that while I list many different applications within these updates, most people should ONLY install updates for a program if they already have a previous version of that program installed.
It is essential to maintain all the applications you have installed on your computer, but often you can minimize the time investment and the potential for exploitation simply by uninstalling software you do not need.
Driver Updates
If you’re using this hardware – these updates are for you.
nVidia 260.99 adds newer hardware support, updates PhysX and nVidia HD Audio, as well as correction of bugs relating to SLI, Dualview, DVI-HDMI and resizing desktop. If you’ve experienced problems with your nVidia hardware, you should update.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us
Browser Updates
One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.
Google Chrome 7.0.517.41 is a security update. Chrome updates itself, but you should check to be sure the most recent update is applied by clicking the Tools menu (wrench) and selecting About Google Chrome. The bottom of the new window will indicate the current version and enable you to update, if necessary.
Firefox 3.6.12 is another security update, following less than a week after the security update 3.6.11 was released. Use Help, Check for Updates to get the latest version.
SeaMonkey 2.0.10 is a security update. If you have this software installed, use Help, Check for Updates to get the most recent version.
Email Updates
One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.
Thunderbird 3.1.6 is a security update, following another recent security update. If you have Thunderbird installed, use Help, Check for Updates immediately to get the latest version.
Internet Updates
One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.
EA Download Manager 7.0.0.74 is a minor application compatibility update. This is not a security update.
http://eastore.ea.com/store/ea/html/pbPage.welcome
Evernote 4.0.1.2927 adds OneNote and MHT support, as well as several other bugfixes. This is not a security update.
http://www.evernote.com/
Skype 5 is finally “gold”. This major upgrade adds texting, group video, dropped call recovery and a simpler design. This is not a security update.
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/home
Codec Updates
One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.
Vista Codec Package 5.8.4 updates included codecs, filters and subtitle processors. To install the update, you must uninstall and reinstall the application. This version works for both Windows XP and Windows Vista.
http://shark007.net/vistacodecpackage.html
Win x64 Codec Support 2.7.0 updates included codecs and subtitle processors. This update applies only to 64-bit computers, and requires either the Win7 Codec Package or the Windows Vista Codec package.
http://shark007.net/x64components.html
Win7 Codec Package 2.6.6 updates included codecs, filters and subtitle processors. To install the update, you must uninstall and reinstall the application.
http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html
Office Updates
One or more of these are likely to be of interest to most people.
Notepad++ 5.8.3 improves 64-bit support and context menu handling. This is not a security update.
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Security Software Updates
One or more of these is likely to be of interest to most people.
SuperAntiSpyware 4.45.1000 provides various scanning improvements. This should be considered a security update.
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
Capture Updates
These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.
VideoCacheView 1.81 improves reliability on some servers temporary file caching. This is not a security update.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html
WebVideoCap 1.40 fixes an issue with FLV capture on YouTube and other video sites. This is not a security update.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_video_capture.html
Converter Updates
These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.
DVDFab 8.0.3.2 updates codecs, processing speed, hardware support and several crash situations. This is not a security update.
http://www.dvdfab.com/en/download.htm
Any Video Converter 3.10 adds DVD burning, refines output profiles, and improves UI. This is not a security update.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_any_video_converter/
Utility Updates
These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.
CCleaner 3.00.1303 adds native 64-bit support, drive wipe tool, and various additional application handlers. This is not a security update.
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Speccy 1.6.191 significantly improves drive detection, as well as various other diagnostic tools. This is not a security update.
http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Microsoft’s SysInternals has released several updates. Disk2vhd 1.63 fixes a bug that includes removable flash drives in the disk list. Sigcheck 1.73 reports a revoked certificate as “revoked” rather than “invalid certificate”. VMMap 3.01 is a major update, adding the ability to profile specific applications from launch, track sub-allocations, stack traces and better map execution paths.
http://sysinternals.com/
GPU-Z 0.4.7 adds various hardware-specific features and fixes minor bugs. This is not a security update.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/
Ketarin 1.5.0.400 adds a bunch of new features, including “install” support, direct SourceForge handling, various UI updates, several non-security bug-fixes and various other new features. This is not a security update.
http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/
RegFileExport 1.06 corrects a significant freeze issue. This is not a security update.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registry_file_offline_export.html
RoboForm & RoboForm2Go 6.10.1 adds Firefox 4 support — but I’ve had issues with Chrome support, so upgrade at your own risk if you use Chrome. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?roboform
Goodsync & Goodsync2Go 8.4.0.4 corrects several stability and reliability issues, and improves error handling. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?goodsync
Developer Updates
These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.
Inno Setup & QuickStart 5.4.0 replaces the editor which greatly improves interactive syntax editing, UI, and scripting support, adds latest bzip2 library, and other minor tweaks. This is not a security update.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php
MySQL 5.1.52 corrects several dozen bugs, primarily in duplication, but also corrects some bugs with datetime comparisons, ‘ignore’, subqueries and various other functionality. This is not a security update, but previous versions could be DoSed by malformed packets.
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Web Package Updates
These are likely to be of interest only to web developers.
phpMyAdmin 3.3.8 adds a number of improvements, most notably a session handling flaw that could be responsible for lockouts and session drops. This is not a security update.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/news.php
BuddyPress 1.2.6 fixes more than 20 bugs, including various stability and reliability issues. This is not a security update.
http://buddypress.org/
BuddyStream 1.0.2.1 fixes several bugs in Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and session handling. This is not a security update.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddystream/
That’s all for now folks. Keep it clean out there. 😉
Regards,
Shawn K. Hall
https://SaferPC.info/
https://12PointDesign.com/