PATCH TUESDAY! Next week... it’s that time again, second Tuesday of the month.

“Microsoft plans to ship two bulletins next Tuesday to fix multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications. Both bulletins are rated “critical,” Microsoft’s highest severity rating. The company describes a critical flaw as one whose exploitation could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user action.”

The above quote is from the article found at the link below. I can’t stress the importance of keeping your computers up to date. The bad guys are always attempting to extract information related to your banking and credit card information. The problem isn’t just the operating system but your browser, toolbars, Office Suite programs, Adobe Flash, Apple I-tunes and QuickTime. I am always amazed at the toolbars I find installed on some computers, maybe four, five or more rows of toolbars installed. Toolbars are programs classified by your browser as add-ons that contain flaws used to exploit access into user’s computers. Not only are they security nightmares but they also eat up resources by installing items in operating system startup files that use memory and processor power to check for updates. Keep it simple and disable un-needed toolbars.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/ms-patch-tuesday-heads-up-2-critical-bulletins-but-no-sharepoint-fix/6364?tag=nl.e589

Nightmare on Elm Street, or Facebook? What a rush!

As I said, it’s not the operating system that is your only security concern; Facebook users read the following link. Who knew it was this easy to spy on others, simple mouse clicks? Beware of the info you share and remember when you are connected to the internet you have opened a door into your computer. It doesn’t matter what type computer or operating system you use, the browser opens the door that allows unwanted access over the threshold and into your web surfing experience.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/facebook-site-flaw-exposes-live-chat-sessions-user-data/6358?tag=mantle_skin;content

Can you believe it, Freddie is back! It was back in 1987, my older brother Johnny called and said he went with his two sons John and Britt to see a movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. He said, “if you want to be scared out of your wits go see this movie.” Yeah right, I thought. Needless to say I went to see it and when Freddie stripped the veins out of the kid’s arms and walked him like a string puppet, I almost bailed. Jeez I was tied in knots and hardly slept; it was a stormy night to boot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(franchise)

I wish to extend a Happy Mother Day’s wish to all the wonderful women out there who we owe a lot of thanks to! If you don’t believe me just ask them, they are women… kidding MOMs!!!

As I digress further... I received the following piece of propaganda from a female client today,

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.


'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'
'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'
A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.


The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:


1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.


(THIS GETS BETTER!)  editor's note:  this was JudyC's comment, it goes downhill in my opinion.


The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador') , because:


1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model..


The women won.

I hope we talk again soon... until then happy and safe computing.