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		<title>IE 8 and IE 9 now getting pushed</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2012/8-9-pushed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IE 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IE 9]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ready or not, you&#8217;re getting IE 8 or IE 9, if you have automatic updates turned on.
Susan Bradley&#8217;s Top Story for Windows Secrets Newsletter.
I certainly hope all of you folks upgraded to IE 8 (for XP) or IE 9 (for Vista, Win7,) or IE 10 (Win8) months ago.
I, personally, use Chrome most of the time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 2: New patches are out &#8211; hold off</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2012/msdefcon-2-patches-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2012/msdefcon-2-patches-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[January 2012 Black Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The January 2012 Security Bulletins are out, and there aren&#8217;t any screaming &#8220;install me&#8221; at the moment.
The biggest hole is covered by MS12-004, the Windows Media Player patch. There are no known exploits at this point.
Make sure you&#8217;re locked down, and let&#8217;s see how this month&#8217;s crop goes.
I&#8217;m moving us up to MS-DEFCON 2: Patch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 4: Get patched now</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2012/msdefcon-4-patched-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2012/msdefcon-4-patched-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December 2011 Black Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to apply all of the outstanding Microsoft patches.
I gave up on the .NET follies last November. I still think you&#8217;re better off applying them than ignoring them. I also recommend that you install Office 2010 Service Pack 1, and/or Office 2007 Service Pack 3, if they&#8217;re on offer.
Several of you have written, asking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 2: Time to get your system locked down</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-2-time-system-locked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-2-time-system-locked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December 2011 Black Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Incoming!
This month&#8217;s Black Tuesday will be a real lollapalooza.
Or something like that.
In preparation, make sure you&#8217;re all patched up, then turn OFF Automatic Updates.
The PC you save may be your own.
I&#8217;m moving us up to MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft releases old recovery software in new wrapper</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/microsoft-releases-recovery-software-wrapper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Defender Offline]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askwoody.com/?p=4681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The old Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper beta has just been released as the Windows Defender Offline beta.
Find out what it does, how to use it &#8211; and why the name change.
BTW, WDO works with Windows 8.
InfoWorld Tech Watch.
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 4: Get patched</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/ms-defcon-get-patched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/ms-defcon-get-patched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 2011 Black Tuesday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askwoody.com/?p=4679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has a big batch of patches coming next Tuesday: 14 security bulletins in all.
November&#8217;s crop of patches weren&#8217;t all that bad. Only one necessitated a re-write of the associated KB article, and the patch itself wasn&#8217;t affected.
If you&#8217;re an all-or-nothing kind of patcher, go ahead and get caught up. If you want to look [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Java woes</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/java-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/java-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Java]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Krebs reports that a painful Java security hole has just been made available to a whole lot of people.
Follow his advice and check to make sure you have either Java 6 Update 29, or Java 7 Update 1.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leaked emails reveal Microsoft Security Essentials Beta program</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/leaked-emails-reveal-microsoft-security-essentials-beta-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/leaked-emails-reveal-microsoft-security-essentials-beta-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Security Essentials v3 beta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Run over and sign up while you still can.
InfoWorld Tech Watch.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 2: Black Tuesday patches are out</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-2-black-tuesday-patches-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-2-black-tuesday-patches-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 2011 Black Tuesday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askwoody.com/?p=4631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Make sure Automatic Updates are turned off.
There&#8217;s only one &#8220;critical&#8221; patch in this month&#8217;s crop of four, and even Microsoft is downplaying its exploitability.
Bottom line: MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it.
]]></description>
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		<title>MS-DEFCON 4: Patch everything except the Office 2010 Service Pack</title>
		<link>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-4-patch-office-2010-service-pack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.askwoody.com/2011/msdefcon-4-patch-office-2010-service-pack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows Patches/Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2011 Black Tuesday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askwoody.com/?p=4626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced that next Tuesday&#8217;s crop of patches will include four security bulletins, once of which may be interesting. Or maybe not.
Accordingly, it&#8217;s a good time to go ahead and get caught up on your Microsoft patches, with one exception: there&#8217;s no pressing reason to install the Office 2010 Service Pack 1 / KB [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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