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Today is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and Windows Updates

October 10, 2006

Today is Patch Tuesday as Microsoft rolls out it's newest critical patches and security updates. If you have turned on Automatic Windows Updates you will receive some or all of the available updates, pertaining to your particular computer, sometime today. If you do not have Automatic Updates turned on you should manually visit the Windows or Microsoft Updates website to download and install all available patches. Some of these patches will require a reboot to install them.

Keeping your computer up to date with Windows Updates is critical for keeping your computer safe from the latest threats that are being exploited in the wild.

However, this is not the end of securing you computer. You also need to run up-to-date anti virus and anti spyware applications. There are links to various security programs in the right sidebar and in my ads on these pages.

You should also consider reducing your permissions to that of a Limited User, for your daily browsing and emailing user account. See my blog article about running as a Limited User and how this can protect you against most malware threats.

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