Winpatrol 2009 released

Winpatrol 2009 (16.0.2009) has been released.

Here is information about changes from Winpatrol blog:

#New "Recent" tab lets you see new programs and settings recently added to your computer. Especially helpful in finding malware that comes with multiple randomly named files.

# Compatibility enhancements to work with Windows Vista and Windows 7

# Monitors and alerts to any changes to User Account Control Settings(UAC)
No matter if its malware or over jealous security programs.

# Continues to have the best performance and smallest foot print of any system monitor

# Hide individual alert messages and lock settings to prevent potential errors by other computer users.

Read more and download WinPatrol from here

Old versions of programs help criminals

F-secure has counted that up to 90 per cent of users have 5 security vulnerabilities in their computer. They might have latest version but they don't remove older versions with vulnerabilities.

Sean Sullivan from F-Secure laboratory says that many users have old programs which they don't use and that those should be uninstalled. Easiest way to avoid vulnerabilities is to always install latest updates.

F-secure has also two free tools which would help to find outdated programs and also even unknown vulnerabilties. They are Exploit Shield and Health Check

Microsoft March updates to be released on Tuesday

Microsoft will release monthly updates on Tuesday.

This time there will be three updates. Two of them are classified as Important and one as Critical. Updates are for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and are against Remote Code Execution and spoofing.

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool will also be updated.

Read more about updates here

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 released

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 has been released.

Three critical and one high vulnerability has been fixed, see here

Read more here
and download Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 here.

You can also use internal updater to get latest version of Firefox.