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Also any recommendation on KB2863811 (non-security update resolving an Outlook issue of inability to connect to SharePoint after installing February update)?

Thanks

While we’re on a roll of cleaning up Kbs that have been hanging fire for awhile, I’ve seen nothing since August 15 about KB2767849 (Office digital signatures). I search Windows Secrets site-wide, and that’s the only hit I get. Any update?

Love the chart!!! FWIW, in the actual column, KB2508062 (MS11-017) doesn’t look like it actually shows up on an update list. In MS11-017, the actual updates listed in it are KB2483618 for RDC 5, KB 2481109 for RDC 6 and KB2483614 for RDC 7. I assume the conclusion that they appear to be benign still holds, though.

I add my voice to those of others who are uncomfortable with letting Secunia PSI automatically update their software. I can’t recommend strongly enough against it for iTunes users who have an iPod. Twice now Apple has released iTunes updates that have been unable to work with one or another species of iPod. The Apple forums indicate that many users have needlessly spent money on a new iPod, mistakenly having concluded that their old one had gone bad, when all that had in fact gone bad was Apple’s software QC.

Reverting to the prior version IS possible, but Apple does not provide an easy way to do it, and the process is not only quite time-consuming, but beyond the capacity of the casual user.

A suggestion for a future Secunia PSI revision might be to also inform users of THESE kinds of issues, in the same way that Windows Secrets’ invaluable Patch Watch column does for Microsoft’s updates.

I cast another vote for virtual credit cards. Band of America calls it ShopSafe. You can have multiple numbers for different vendors, and you can raise and lower each number’s credit limit at will. Frequently I won’t know before I place an order exactly how much I’ll be charged for tax and shipping, so I pad the limit a bit. Once the charge goes through, I can reduce the limit to virtually nothing until I’m about to place another order with that vendor. I do that regularly with iTunes, and my bank seems unfazed by my doing it.

Careful, though, if you have more than one account with the same issuer, and make sure you know which virtual card is linked to which account.

All in all, it’s a great idea that hardly anyone I mention it to has been aware of.