[Rockhounds] Important Windows Security Update

[Gary Brown]

I don't write a note like this very often, but considering that it came from
my kid upon whom I've spent Big Bucks training him to understand this
stuff...

My son is a computer support technician at the University of Minnesota.
This afternoon he called me up and said to run Windows Update on all my
machines as soon as possible.  There is a nasty attack virus out there that
can infect your machine without you doing anything.  The security hole was
reported to Microsoft and they had a patch out within 10 hours.  They rarely
do these mid-cycle patches any more, so they are viewing this as a critical
patch.  If you are behind a decent firewall, you're probably safe.  He said,
though, that you should still run the update to be absolutely secure.

http://update.microsoft.com

as soon as possible and get your updates.  You may need to reboot a couple
of times after doing this.  Also... go to this page and run Updates a couple
of times until you see a message that says there are no more critical
updates.  This will be the case if you haven't been running Updates on a
regular basis.

When my son says update, I update.  If the university trusts him to keep
their computers alive, so do I.

Gary

PS.  Please, no smarmy "I run a Mac, Neener, Neener, Neener..."  I get it.