Newsletter Archives

• Latest Adobe Reader security patch installs Chrome spyware

  Posted on January 13, 2017 at 13:44 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Adobe says the data collected by the new Adobe Product Improvement Program spyware is anonymous, thus innocuous. Sounds like Win10, eh?

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security Acrobat Reader, spyware

• New third party program updates

  Posted on January 27, 2016 at 14:28 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Randy the Tech Professor has a list of the latest versions of important programs that you may be running:

  Chrome, Java, Opera, Foxit, Skype, Flash Player, Acrobat Reader.

  Here’s Randy’s listing.

  Other Acrobat Reader, Chrome, Flash Player, Foxit, Java, Opera, Skype

• Adobe updates

  Posted on July 20, 2015 at 21:03 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’m running far behind on some things.

  EP sent this in last week…

  Adobe has released new security updates for Flash Player, Shockwave Player and Acrobat Reader this July 2015.

  Adobe Acrobat & Acrobat Reader patches posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-15:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html

  Adobe Shockwave Player update posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-17:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb15-17.html

  Adobe Flash Player patches posted in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-18:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
  (this one is the second batch of Flash Player updates this July as they supersede
   the ones found in Adobe security bulletin APSB15-16)
  https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html

  And I’m not upgrading to Windows 10 anytime this year as I’m uncertain of how
  automatic updates will be delivered to Windows 10 users.  I still like to download and install Windows Updates manually and to “pick & choose” which updates to install and which ones to skip.

  Other Acrobat Reader, Flash, Shockwave

• And don’t forget to patch Adobe Reader and Acrobat

  Posted on October 14, 2009 at 14:51 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft ain’t the only massive patcher this week.

  Adobe has unleashed a single security bulletin with a download that plugs 29 (yes, you read that right, 29) separately identified security holes.

  If you use Acrobat Reader to read PDF files (I don’t, I use Foxit Reader), take a look at Adobe Security Bulletin 9-15.

  Yes, I recommend that you patch Acrobate reader immediately.

  Other Acrobat Reader, Adobe, PDF

• Conficker lurking in updates?

  Posted on April 15, 2009 at 21:36 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  JB writes:

  Dear Woody,

  
  Is it good to take Adobe Flash player updates? And is AVG 8.5 Free better than AVG 8.0 Free? How do we know these updates aren’t polluted with conficker?

  Yep, it’s always best to install Flash Player updates, Adobe Reader updates, Java updates, and the like, when they’re offered. Why? If they’re screwed up they generally won’t bring your computer to a grinding halt, and the manufacturer typically gets new updates out quickly. I won’t mention QuickTime by name.

  If you use AVG 8.0, you should upgrade to AVG 8.5.

  I can’t imagine any way Conficker could get into any of those updates.

  Other Acrobat Reader, Adobe Flash Player, AVG, Conficker, Java, QuickTime