Hi, Folks!

It’s Patch Tuesday and while they’re large this month, there aren’t that many.

The typical computer should see roughly 1.8gb in updates today. Let’s get started.

Microsoft released updates to Windows, Internet Explorer, MS Office, .NET, and MSRT (~1.8gb). This includes security updates. A reboot is required.

Google Chrome OS 64.0.3282.144 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version. A reboot is required.

Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.161 is a security update.
Win: https://12pd.com/click?flash
Win: https://12pd.com/click?flashie
Mac: https://12pd.com/click?flashmac

Don’t forget to check your mobile devices, too! Many updates will also apply to your tablet, phone, kindle or television – so check your device-appropriate App Store and install updates.

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.

I’ve had a lot of calls recently from people whose computers seem unusually slow since late October. This is a side-effect of the Windows 10 upgrade cycle, which pushes out 6gb through Windows update to get you to the latest Windows 10 release every 6 months. If you don’t let it finish and you’re on a slow connection, it will kill your Internet performance forever. If you don’t have the bandwidth to download the bits, I’m happy to provide loaner USB drives to our local clients at The Farmory, or, if you prefer to have me mail it to you please contact me for information.

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.

Also note that using the applications own “check for updates” function, when available, will best preserve your current settings, and often avoid any crapware that might come with a fresh installer. Use this option if it’s available to you.

Finally, if you’re sick of doing this all yourself, let me! Call or email me any time, and we can set you up with subscription SaferPC updates which will be installed each month whenever necessary. Click, call or email for more details:
https://saferpc.info/updates/
209-565-12PD
shawn@12pointdesign.com

Driver Updates

If you’re using this hardware – these updates are for you.

Seagull Scientific print driver 2018.1 adds support for new vendors, improved RFID support, improved compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.seagullscientific.com/drivers/windows-printer-drivers/

Display Driver Uninstaller 17.0.8.3 improves compatibility, cleanup, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu

Browser Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

Google Chrome 64.0.3282.167 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Firefox 58.0.2 is a security update. Use Menu, Help, About to install the most current version.

Email Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

NK2Edit 3.35 adds quick filter support. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_edit.html

Internet Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to everyone.

DiscordApp 2.1.2018 adds Spotify integration, Oxford comma for 3+ active users, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://discordapp.com/download

FreeFileSync 9.8 adds option to auto-close progress dialog, update sync time if no differences found, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php

MaxMind GeoIP Data 201802 is a data refresh. This is not a security update.
https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/

IPInfoOffline 1.46 improves IP parsing to correctly parse IP when a port number is included. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ip_country_info_offline.html

Evernote 6.9.6.6729 resolves several bugs, adds dedicated sharing for business users, and improves performance. This is not a security update.
https://www.evernote.com/

Game Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

EA Origin 10.5.10 adds TTS for chat, improves game launcher, stability, in-game purchases, third-party integration, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/download

Lego Digital Designer 4.3.11 doesn’t provide a changelog, so should be treated as a security update.
http://ldd.lego.com/

Office Updates

One or more of these are likely to be of interest to most people.

Adobe Reader 2018.011.20035 is a security update. Use Help, Check for Updates to get the most current version.

LibreOffice 6.0.1 is the new major beta version of LibreOffice. It provides several major new features including rotation and style, “Grammar By” spell checking, additional functions in Calc, various improvements in import and export capabilities, and many resolved bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

LibreOffice 5.4.5 is now the official stable release of LibreOffice. This version has been tried and tested for over a year, and this build resolves several minor bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.libreoffice.org/

Security Software Updates

One or more of these is likely to be of interest to most people.

RogueKiller 12.12.4 adds detections. This is not a security update.
https://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/

Intel-SA-00086 Detection Tool 1.1.169.0 improves SA-00086 vulnerability identification.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150

Converter Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

CDex 1.99.1 improves stability and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
http://cdex.mu/?q=download

DVDFab 10.0.8.1 adds support for new encodings and resolves a crash bug. This is not a security update.
https://www.dvdfab.cn/download.htm

MakeMKV 1.12.0 adds support for new encodings and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?makemkv

Utility Updates

These are unlikely to be of interest to most people.

NTLite 1.5.0.6025 adds support for the next build of Win10 and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.ntlite.com/download/

DesktopOK 4.99 adds several new options and fixes autosave. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

Everything 1.4.1.895 resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.voidtools.com/

WifiInfoView 2.31 updates internal MAC addresses file. This is not a security udpate.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

GoodSync 10.7.7 rebrands licenses, improves compatibility, and resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://12pd.com/click?goodsync

Cygwin 2.10.0 adds several features, integrates multiple APIs and security precatiouns, and resolves several bugs. This should be treated as a security update.
https://cygwin.com/

FileLocator Pro 8.2.2764 improves performance, improved CLI support, resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorpro/download

ProduKey 1.92 adds build number for Windows. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

SystemRescueCD 5.2.0 is a security update.
https://www.sysresccd.org/

TaskSchedulerView 1.37 improves the Quick Filter feature. This is not a security update.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/task_scheduler_view.html

WinScan2PDF 3.99 improves compatibility, adds several new features and resolves a couple bugs. This is not a security update.
https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

Web Package Updates

These are likely to be of interest only to web developers.

Adminer 4.6.1 improves render speed, resolves several bugs, adds MySQL via SSL support, improved access to help, sticky action support, and more. This is not a security update.
https://www.adminer.org/en/

MailEnable Enterprise 10.13 adds several new stability features, integrates Auto-Signup to core and greatly expands its usefulness, and resolves several bugs. This is a security update.
https://www.mailenable.com/

WordPress 4.9.4 is a security update.

Contact Form 7 5.0 adds several new features, improves API capabilities, adds many new tags, hooks, and other form-tag features. This is not a security update.

myStickymenu 2.0.3 resolves a minor bug. This is not a security update.

NextScripts Social Networks Auto-Poster 4.1.4 adds new formatting tags, improves compatibility, resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

Redirection 3.2 adds several new redirection flags, improves responsiveness, and resolves bugs. This is not a security update.

WooCommerce 3.3.1 resolves dozens of bugs, improves integration, improves default appearance for themes that do not explicitly support WooCommerce, adds several new features including thumbnail regeneration, shortcodes, thresholds, and log search. This is not a security update.

WP Mail SMTP 1.2.5 resolves several bugs. This is not a security update.

WPtouch 4.3.26 improves escaping of JS output and core theme support. This should be treated as a security update.

That’s all for now folks. Keep it clean out there. 😉

Regards,

Shawn K. Hall
https://SaferPC.info/
https://12PointDesign.com/