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Flash Updates In Windows Update
MS17-005: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: February 21, 2017
Thanks to Ed and radosuaf!

Updated Software
Acronis True Image 2017 Update 2
MediaMonkey 4.1.15.1828

Planet Stuff
NASA found some interesting and possibly habitable planets. It’s cool and all but there are a lot of unanswered questions.
See here for some cool posters.

“Back in my day we had NINE planets”
Bring back Pluto!

Weekend Random Stuff…

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Sysinternals Freeware Updates
Several programs updated including; Autoruns, Process Explorer, and Process Monitor.

Mp3tag 2.81
Several new features and fixes. Download

GeForce Hotfix Driver 378.72
This is GeForce Hot Fix driver version 378.72 that addresses the following:
– Fixed hardware encoding in Steam (In-Home Streaming).
– Resolved PhysX being forced to CPU when “Optimize for Compute Performance” setting is OFF.
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Patch Tuesday Called Off

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Microsoft has called off Patch Tuesday
“Our top priority is to provide the best possible experience for customers in maintaining and protecting their systems. This month, we discovered a last minute issue that could impact some customers and was not resolved in time for our planned updates today.
After considering all options, we made the decision to delay this month’s updates. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change to the existing plan.”

Despite the fact that this news spread around the web like wildfire I held off on posting this until I could run Windows Update after Patch Tuesday updates are released (1300hrs EST).
I’ve checked Windows 7 and Win10 on 4 machines. No updates.

Adobe Flash
APSB17-04 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
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Nvidia
Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 378.66 WHQL
“Provides the optimal gaming experience for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2 ”

Patch Tuesday Random Stuff…

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Happy Valentines Day!
It’s patch Tuesday. I’ll post all that jazz once all of it is released this afternoon. Until then…

AMD Drivers
AMD Radeon Crimson ReLive Edition 17.2.1 drivers are out. Several fixes for games, multi-gpu setups, and others.
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Windows Vista Broke PC Audio
So says a dude from Creative in this Podcast. Start at about the 13 minute mark to avoid the babble.
So how about you guys from Creative work on Linux drivers? There is no support for your newer cards.

CCleaner 5.27
“Improved…Updated…improvements…bugfixes”
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Friday Random Stuff…

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Software Updates
Google Chrome 56.0.2924.87 (Android too)
AMD Radeon Crimson ReLive Edition 17.1.2 Drivers
Kodi 17

USS Enterprise Retired
Not the Federation Starship you Geeks, the real one!
There will be another!

Win10 / 8.1 Zero Day
Microsoft Windows SMB Tree Connect Response denial of service vulnerability
Apparently MS has been sitting on this since December but will patch on Feb 14th. Windows 7 is NOT affected.
“Microsoft designed the Windows 10 operating system to be the most secure version of the Windows operating system to date.”

My Galaxy S7
Supposedly the Samsung flagship phone.
Security patch level October 1, 2016 (I’m on Verizon).
Currently running Android Marshmellow (6.0.1).
Android Nougat final released AUGUST 22nd, 2016. Still not available for the S7.
And they wonder why people are switching to iPhones and hackers make fun of Android security.