February Critical Windows, Office, and Office for Mac updates

February 12, 2010

On February 9, 2010, Microsoft released new patches for critical vulnerabilities on Windows, Microsoft Office, and Office 2004 for Macintosh. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow a PC to be remotely compromised without any user action required.

* All Windows PCs must be patched. *

To patch your PC:

Click on the update icon on the taskbar (it is a globe or yellow shield with an exclamation point, depending on which version of Windows you're running).

If you do not have such an icon, run Windows Update by going to the site:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

After patching, you must reboot your PC in order for the patches to take effect.

To patch Microsoft Office for Macintoshes:

If you are using Microsoft Office 2004 on a Macintosh, use Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac, which comes with Office, to check for updates or visit the Macintosh Office download page to get the latest updates:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx

If you will be manually installing updates, check the "system requirements" section on the download page to make sure that previous required updates have been installed.

Other patches

If you are the administrator for a Windows Domain controller, see

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-014.mspx

for a patch for a Kerberos denial of service vulnerability.

If you are running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, see:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-010.mspx

for a patch for a denial of service vulnerability.

If you have any questions or problems applying these patches, please contact the SCS Help Desk at x8-4231 or send mail to help@cs.cmu.edu.

Thank you for your attention,

Help Desk