Microsoft released 11 security bulletins today as part of it’s regular patch process. Six of the bulletins are rated as Critical and the other 5 are rated as Important. Make sure you go to Windows Update and patch your computer today. It appears that the ones that affect Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office are the most serious and should be your priority.
Here is a link to the Microsoft Security Bulletin that summarizes these patches.
Insignia, manufacturers of a 10.4″ digital picture frame (model number NS-DPF10A) released a statement on January 19th stating that this product has a virus which could attach to and damage your PC or it’s files.
The virus was identified as an ‘older virus . . . easily identified’ by some of the latest versions of popular anti-virus software such as Norton, McAfee or Trend Micro. This statement seemed to encourage consumers to keep their frame since the anti-virus software would supposedly catch their own mistake. Thankfully, the company did the right thing and has now discontinued the model, pulling it from the major stores, including Best Buy. This is the only model from the Insignia line to include this virus, according to the manufacturer.
If you were one of the people who bought this digital frame, you can call Insignia’s customer care line at 1-877-467-4289.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the “mhtml:” URI handler. This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site.
You can read more about it by clicking here.
