Tuesday
May122009
Microsoft Release MS09-017
Paul Sylvester
Microsoft Today has released fix a Powerpoint Vulnerability:
[ad]Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3 (KB957790), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 (KB957781), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3(KB957784), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 1 and 2* (KB957789).
It looks like this Powerpoint Vulnerability is in the wild so you should update your Microsoft Office. [intlink id="2883" type="post"]Autopatcher[/intlink] will download the latest the Microsoft Office patches and help you update your office computers without being on the internet.
Other Software affected by this update is:
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (KB969615), PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 and PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB970059), Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 and 2 (KB969618)
All these should be installed as soon as you get a chance. If you have several different version I would recommend [intlink id="2883" type="post"]Autopatcher[/intlink] to do it for you. While you at it you should also update your [intlink id="2205" type="page"]Anti-virus and Firewall software[/intlink]. You should schedule a time this week to update these important Microsoft Office programs. You don't want to clean a system that has a virus or trojan. Hackers will want to jump on board and make your job even worse. This update replaces MS08-051, so please update soon!
[ad]Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 3 (KB957790), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Service Pack 3 (KB957781), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Service Pack 3(KB957784), Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 1 and 2* (KB957789).
It looks like this Powerpoint Vulnerability is in the wild so you should update your Microsoft Office. [intlink id="2883" type="post"]Autopatcher[/intlink] will download the latest the Microsoft Office patches and help you update your office computers without being on the internet.
Other Software affected by this update is:
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (KB969615), PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 and PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB970059), Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1 and 2 (KB969618)
All these should be installed as soon as you get a chance. If you have several different version I would recommend [intlink id="2883" type="post"]Autopatcher[/intlink] to do it for you. While you at it you should also update your [intlink id="2205" type="page"]Anti-virus and Firewall software[/intlink]. You should schedule a time this week to update these important Microsoft Office programs. You don't want to clean a system that has a virus or trojan. Hackers will want to jump on board and make your job even worse. This update replaces MS08-051, so please update soon!
