One Tuesday a month, Microsoft releases fixes and updates for various MS software, this is commonly known as “Patch Tuesday”.  For September 2009, Microsoft has 5 important updates that address “vulnerabilities in Windows.  I know that term sounds fancy to most, so lets explain it this way -

Your home (Own or Rent), has numerous windows and a few doors (Of course, duh!) and whenever you leave your home you make sure to look all your windows and doors (and some people have a security system they turn on).  So imagine that you had the lock on your front door break and you couldn’t lock your door anymore what would you do?  Of course you would go out and change the lock to an updated working lock.  Well in this case that’s what Microsoft did, they figured out that the side door and back door and a couple of windows (no pun intended) of you “PC house” had broken locks.  So before you step outside (the internet), they have the new replacement locks for you, and its all done automatically for you.  You just have to request the “lock change” from the Microsoft website.

Here is a list for those of you who are a little more Geek and want to know what is being updated ( http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200909.aspx (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/security/updates/bulletins/200909 NULL.aspx) )

Microsoft security updates for September 2009

As part of Microsoft’s routine, monthly security update cycle, we released 5 new security updates on September 8, 2009.

Latest Security Updates

• MS09-045 (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-045 NULL.mspx)- addresses a vulnerability in Jscript (KB 971961)
• MS09-046 (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-046 NULL.mspx)- addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 956844)
• MS09-047 (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-047 NULL.mspx)- addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 973812)
• MS09-048 (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-048 NULL.mspx)- addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 967723)
• MS09-049 (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-049 NULL.mspx)- addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 970710)

How to get the Updates

If you have automatic updates turned on, you might already have the updates. To learn how to turn automatic updates on for your operating system, see Update your PC automatically (http://www NULL.microsoft NULL.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/automaticupdate NULL.mspx).

If you do not have automatic updates turned on, or to check whether you need the updates, go to Microsoft Update (http://go NULL.microsoft NULL.com/fwlink/?LinkId=148275) if you have any version of Windows that isn’t Vista or Windows 7.  If you have Vista or Windows 7 go to the Start button on your desktop and click on setting –> Control Panel –> Windows Updates and then select Check for Updates (Arrow #1) followed by looking at the status center (Arrow #2) and selecting install updates if any are listed.