Yes, it has been a while but have been on a trip to Europe and visited family. In the meantime Microsoft released a big security update for patch Tuesday earlier this month. There are 8 "critical" and 5 rated as "Important". There can be more when you check for them depending on the configuration of your computer. Here's the list: Critical: MS09-050 - Vulnerabilities in SMBv2 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975517) MS09-051 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Runtime Could

Today it's there: Microsoft Security Essentials. The free antivirus program of Microsoft. You can download it from this website: Microsoft Security Essentials . As always, you have to uninstll any other antivirus program first before installing MSE. Have a wonderful day!

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Today Microsoft released 5 critical updates. If you have not updated your computer(s) yet, then check with Microsoft Update website. Critical: MS09-045 - Vulnerability in JScript Scripting Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971961) MS09-049 - Vulnerability in Wireless LAN AutoConfig Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (970710) MS09-047 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Format Could Allow Remote Code Execution (973812) MS09-048 - Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code

Today, August 11th, Microsoft released 5 "critical" updates and 4 "important" updates. Critical: MS09-043 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957638) MS09-044 - Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Connection Could Allow Remote Code Execution (970927) MS09-039 - Vulnerabilities in WINS Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969883) MS09-038 - Vulnerabilities in Windows Media File Processing Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971557

Microsoft released an advance notification of two out-of-band security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on July 28, 2009. One bulletin will be for the Microsoft Visual Studio product line; application developers should be aware of updates available affecting certain types of applications. The second bulletin contains defense-in-depth changes to Internet Explorer to address attack vectors related to the Visual Studio bulletin, as well as fixes for unrelated vulnerabilities that are

Today Microsoft has a new portal for the Malware Protection Center. Looks very good. Shows you were to get updates for several products like OneCare, Defender and the latest product Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). You can submit a virus example. Information about the MMPC. And important, you can learn about malware too. Just have a look and move your mouse to: Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) See also MMPC's Threat Research & Response Blog

Kaspersky released a new Boot CD. If your computer is infected by a, or more virus(es) and you want to boot the computer from CD, then download the 120MB ISO-file from Kaspersky. The Boot-CD is based on Gentoo Linux and will download the latest anti-virus updates. You can download the rescue disk at the Kaspersky site .

Kaspersky released a new Boot CD. If your computer is infected by a, or more virus(es) and you want to boot the computer from CD, then download the 120MB ISO-file from Kaspersky. The Boot-CD is based on Gentoo Linux and will download the latest anti-virus updates. You can download the rescue disk at the Kaspersky site .

A little late, but here it is. Microsoft released another couple of updates on the usual "Patch Tuesday", July 4th. There are three "critical" and three "important" updates to download and to install. Critical: MS09-029 - Vulnerabilities in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (961371) MS09-028 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971633) MS09-032 - Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits