Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Patches galore: Windows Updates, Flash Player, Firefox, iTunes, and Apple updates

Just lost a long post with lots of links, but if you haven't done Windows Updates, or updated Flash Player this month, you need to update both ASAP as there are exploits either in the wild or imminent for both. Search older posts here for pertinent download links.

If you run Firefox, update to either 8.0 or 3.6.24 as both have security fixes. Thunderbird is now also at version 8 with security fixes.

Adobe's "Black Tuesday" patch did not include Flash Player, but the Shockwave Player was updated.

Update iTunes and Apple OS X and iOS devices also if you have them.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Recent App Updates: Foxit Reader, WinAmp, MS Office 2007 SP3

If you use these apps, you should probably update them.  The Enterprise version of Foxit Reader has not been updated yet, so rolling the update out will be problematic for system admins.  I prefer VLC to WinAmp but many still use WinAmp.

Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader 5.1.0
27 October 2011

The free Foxit PDF Reader has been updated to to Version 5.1.0.1021. This version contains new features including social network integration, Read Out Loud, a cleaner interface, enhanced text rendering, and improved startup time. It also contains other improvements and bug fixes.
Winamp media player
Winamp 5.622
27 October 2011

The free Winamp media player has been updated to to Version 5.622. This update has a range of bug fixes as well as updated codecs.
2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3
26 October 2011

Microsoft has released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for the Office 2007 suite. This Service Pack is also available via Windows Update.