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Don't touch that PDF or webpage until your Windows PC is patched (Windows Update - Patch Tuesday)
The Register ^ | Feb 9, 2016 | Shaun Nichols

Posted on 02/09/2016 7:06:25 PM PST by dayglored

Microsoft blats bugs in super-secure web browser Edge, its OS, the Office suite, and more

Microsoft has patched 41 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its software this month.

The second Patch Tuesday monthly update of the year brings with it fixes for security flaws in both Internet Explorer and Edge that could allow remote-code-execution attacks simply by visiting a webpage.

Also fixed are remote-code-execution holes in the Windows PDF Viewer and Microsoft Office.

[Full list on the Register article page]

After installing the Microsoft updates, users and administrators would be wise to install monthly fixes issued Tuesday by Adobe for Flash Player. The updates cover a total of 22 CVE-listed flaws for Flash, all of which could potentially be targeted for remote-code-execution attacks.

The Flash Player update also affects versions for OS X and Linux boxes.

(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: patchtuesday; windows; windowspinglist; windowsupdate
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To: upchuck

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Windows is now mostly for people that never learned to read.
(and have no desire to)


21 posted on 02/10/2016 9:08:28 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: dayglored

Thanks dayflored...


22 posted on 02/10/2016 11:43:20 AM PST by GOPJ (Allowing illegals to stay in the U.S is like paying ransom to kidnappers- an incentive for more)
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To: dayglored

Todays update for Win 7 was scary. Took the better part of an hour, and after a couple of auto re-starts it wouldn’t let me logon to my user account. I then logged on as Administrator and it took me to what looked like Safe mode. I rebooted from there and was finally able to logon normally. Scary. My Win 10 box however hasn’t updated anything today......yet.


23 posted on 02/10/2016 1:55:37 PM PST by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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Bfl


24 posted on 02/10/2016 6:38:18 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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