Updates for all supported Microsoft operating systems and some Office products.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013
Adobe Reader 11.0.01
Adobe Reader 11.0.01 is out.
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This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Firefox 18
Firefox 18 released. New features, security and bug fixes.
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Thunderbird 17.0.2
Thunderbird 17.0.2 released. Security and bug fixes.
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Adobe Flash Player Updates
Adobe Falsh Player updated. Download.
Updated debugger and standalone versions of Flash Player. These players contain fixes for critical vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletin APSB13-01 . The latest versions are 11.5.502.146 (Win and Mac), 11.3.378.5 (Windows 8) and 11.2.202.261 (Linux). All users are encouraged to update to these latest versions.
Nvidia WHQL Drivers 310.90
Nvidia WHQL Drivers 310.90 ( Windows XP-Windows 8 )
Among other things, “This driver adds a security update for the NVIDIA Display Driver service“.
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Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated
I’ve made a few changes to my article Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc.
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How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition
Windows 8 has the ability to resize the partition it is installed on.
This can come in handy since most computer manufactures completely hose the drive partition structure.
In addition I always recommend moving Libraries off the OS partition. For single disk system this step is required to do that.
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Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220
Microsoft Security Advisory (2794220)
Microsoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer 8.
Details of exploit here.
Bottom line:
If your Using Windows Vista or Windows 7 then upgrade your browser like you should have done in MARCH of 2011.
If your using Windows XP (REALLY?) then Firefox and/or Chrome FTW.