Expand The LastPass Toolbar

Dec 5, 2010 | security, web_services

LastPass is the truly essential utility, a free tool to help you remember the passwords that fill our lives. Personally, I’ve got LastPass keeping track of a couple of hundred memorized passwords; I have all my address and credit card information memorized so LastPass...

Patch Tuesday And Flash Update

Nov 11, 2010 | Adobe, Microsoft, Office, security, updates

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday has come and gone this week with a very small number of patches for Office programs and nothing at all for Windows. Most of your computers restarted Tuesday night. You’re likely to also be seeing prompts this week to update Adobe Flash...

Malware Disguised As Microsoft Security Essentials

Nov 4, 2010 | security

The security team at Microsoft recently published a particularly scary report about a new breed of malware that disguises itself by imitating Microsoft Security Essentials. Take it as another reminder that you have to be cautious about clicking on things onscreen! The...

Be Ready For Patch Tuesday

Oct 12, 2010 | IE, Microsoft, Office, security, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP

Your computer will restart tonight. Close your programs, save your open files, leave the computer running. Your computer will restart in the middle of the night. (If it doesn’t seem to have restarted, look for the update icon by the clock and see if it’s waiting for...

Install Acrobat and Adobe Reader Updates

Oct 6, 2010 | Adobe, security, updates

Adobe had to release major updates for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader last night, to fix vulnerabilities that are being exploited out in the wild. The new updated versions are 9.4 and 8.2.5. The last month has not been good for Adobe. Some major Acrobat/Reader...