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Real-time MS-DEFCON alerts debut!

Posted on September 20, 2021 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

ISSUE 18.36 • 2021-09-20

MS-DEFCON

By Susan Bradley

The new AskWoody SMS alert system is now available for Plus members.

The MS-DEFCON system has been a staple of the AskWoody site for many years now. You know it as a visual system of numbers and colors that provides a quick indicator of the relative safety of applying updates (patching) to Windows and other Microsoft apps and services.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.36.0 (2021-09-20).
This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.36.F (2021-09-20).

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