WE RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING AS A MINIMUM to keep Malware (MALicious softWARE) from getting on your computer: When ADOBE tells you there is an update to their software, put it in immediately (usually takes less than 5 minutes.) When JAVA tells you there is an update to their software, put it...
Get Ready for Big Windows Updates for 2012 on January 10th
Windows Updates for 2012 Microsoft said it would deliver seven security updates this week -- tying the record for January -- to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and its developer tools. One of the seven windows updates for 2012 was tagged "critical," the highest threat ranking in Microsoft's four-step system,...
Anti-Malware Instructions for the Mad Dog Protective Suite
Anti-Malware Instructions for clients to help protect their computers. Due to AVG's newly disclosed sales of information gathered from your computer, effective October 2015, we are recommending the Kaspersky Internet Security product instead of AVG Free and will be upgrading all of our clients who subscribe to one of our...
Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild and plant malware on PCs!
Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn't patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code showed up to exploit the company's software. A security firm that's been researching the issue for the past nine months said 41 of Microsoft's own programs can be remotely exploited using DLL...
Microsoft GIGANTIC Patch releases Tuesday, June 8th 2010.
Microsoft said it will deliver 10 security updates this Tuesday, June 8, 2010 to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and SharePoint. The patches will also quash two bugs that Microsoft acknowledged in February and April. This is a Microsoft gigantic patch that we recommend to...