Say hello to “Recall,” a new addition with Windows 11 Update 24H2 that started rolling out earlier this week—but is it a helpful tool, or are we asking for a privacy nightmare?
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Virtual Administrator’s March 2014 Patch Recommendations
We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them.
MS14-012 and MS14-013 are rated Critical. After your next patch cycle completes you should follow up and make sure these are installed. The top priority this month is MS14-012. It affects all versions of Internet Explorer and was reported in February (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2934088). MS14-015 is rated Important and patches the Windows Kernel Driver sub-system. There have been some isolated reports of MS14-015 (KB2930275) causing problems with Vista machines but these reports have not been corroborated. If you do have problems with Vista machines after patching this is most likely suspect.
Virtual Administrator’s February 2014 Patch Recommendations
7 Security Bulletins were released – 4 Critical, 3 Important, and 0 Moderate – This Month In Brief – We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them.
MS14-010 should be your priority. It addresses 24 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE6-IE11). MS14-007 is a Direct2D vulnerability that can trigger remote code execution by opening a malicious website in Internet Explorer or opening an email attachment. MS14-011 patches a vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine.
Third Party Updates – January 31 2014
Updates for this week include: Flash Firefox / Chrome, Flash IE, Adobe Air, Adobe Reader, Java, Notepad++, Foxit Reader, Chrome, Ccleaner
Desktop Access displays security exception when Java 7 Update 51 (Java 7u51) is installed
The latest upgrade to Java causes some problems with the Live Connect remote Desktop Access. A permanent fix for this will be available in the Winter release (due Jan 31), but in the meantime, you can use the following KB article to work around it: https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/entries/38176077-Live-Connect-Desktop-Access-displays-security-exception-when-Java-7-Update-51-Java-7u51-is-installed If you continue to have problems, be sure…
Kaseya Scripting 101
Chris Amori gets started with an overview of Agent Procedures (scripts) in this Kaseya Agent Procedures for Beginners video. Join him as he runs us through the basics of importing, executing, finding, and working with scripts. [evp t=lock lock=”training”] [/evp]
The End of An Era: The End of LogMeIn Free
This morning Chris sent an email to all Virtual Administrator and Network Depot employees letting us know that LogMeIn Free is going away. If you’ve been a LogMeIn free user (like I have) then it is time to say goodbye and either break out your wallet or move to greener pastures. There has been an…
Virtual Administrator's January 2014 Patch Recommendations
4 Security Bulletins were released – 0 Critical, 4 Important, and 0 Moderate This Month In Brief We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. It’s a light month for patches. Only 4 security bulletins and none of them rated Critical. MS14-002 patches Windows XP…
Google will be using your Google+ profile pic in ads
So this is actually a we bit late but I thought it was worth bringing up to you guys since this is a fantastic talking point to bring to the attention of your clients. As it turns out, starting the 10th of this month (just a few days ago), Google started using personal profile images…
What are your Windows XP End of Life plans?
Hopefully you know by now that Microsoft is going to end support for Windows XP on April 8th, the same goes for Office 2003, and I even saw a post that Microsoft will no longer provide Microsoft Security Essentials as a download (although not clear if updates will continue, or just new downloads?). Across…
This Week's Third Party Updates
This Week’s Third Party Updates include: Quicktime, Adobe Air, Notepad++, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey. Get the install scripts inside!