EditPad Lite for Windows 6.3.1 has been released.
For more details, visit:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/EditPad_Lite_for_Windows/1144692760/1From yesterday and from Gizmo Newsletter.
Microsoft Security News
On Tuesday the 14th of August, Microsoft released nine security updates as part of its regular monthly update cycle. Six of these updates were rated as "critical." All six critical patches involved the possibility of remote code execution.
That's a fancy way of saying anyone who exploited these flaws could install and run on your computer any program they like, mostly without you being aware of it. This could happen simply by visiting a seemingly harmless website or opening a seemingly harmless email attachment.
The problem is you can't with any certainty tell which websites are potentially hostile and similarly with email attachments. That's why I have been nagging you to always surf safely using a sandbox or by running your browser with limited rights. It's also why you should open all email attachments from untrusted sources in a sandbox or better still don't open them at all.
I don't want to overstate the risk; in practice the chance of a normal user accidentally encountering a hostile website is small, maybe less than one in a thousand. Adventurous surfers are of course, at higher risk. The problem is that although the risk is small the consequences are large. Nobody wants their bank account drained overnight by some remotely located criminal.
Safe surfing may be a recommended practice but keeping your computer up-to-date with these Microsoft updates is mandatory. Unless that is, you like being a sitting duck :>)
Further details of the August updates can be found here [1]. All the updates are distributed automatically via the Microsoft Update Service. Dial-up users in particular need to be aware that these updates are large files and you will need a considerable period of time online for them to download successfully. If you have any doubts whether you have received the updates, then visit the Microsoft Update Service [2] now.
[1]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-aug.mspx[2]
http://update.microsoft.com (Requires IE5 or later)
