Shavlik Protect adds support for VMware Tools
Hey all, With today’s content update Shavlik Protect now supports updating VMware Tools. This is included under the Non-Security patch type. If you use the WUscan it will be detected on any VM that...
View ArticleJanuary Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification
Microsoft has announced this month’s Patch Tuesday release. There are 4 total patches – 0 Critical and 4 Important – expected to be released on Tuesday, January 14th. Here is the breakdown for this...
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Coming Soon! Shavlik Protect 9.1
Hey All, Shavlik Protect 9.1 getting closer to release. I wanted to share some details about the release with you and also let you know that in March you will get an opportunity to take 9.1 for a test...
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Virtualization and Security: Beginners Guide Part 2
This is a follow up to a post I made a while back where we took a look at some of the security risks identified by Gartner and some of the Features of Shavlik Protect that can help you reduce these...
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Integrating with 3rd Party Components: Why Java is still not being updated in...
With the Oracle CPU fresh in our minds I thought this would be a good time to discuss a well-known issue for IT Admins around the world; updating Java only to find it breaks something in your users...
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Microsoft pulls MS14-045 and recommends uninstall if you have already deployed
Late last week Microsoft revised MS14-045 removing links from the Download Center for security update 2982791. Microsoft updated KB 2982791 documenting three known issues that have been verified...
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Shavlik Protect 9.1 Patch 1 released
Shavlik Protect 9.1 Patch 1 is now available. The update includes fixes for 18 customer reported issues. The Patch is available for download from the Shavlik Protect downloads page as of yesterday....
View ArticleMS14-045 re-released today and everyone wants to know if they need to...
Microsoft re-released MS14-045, which was causing blue screens for some customers. Our content team did release an out-of-band content update to add the new version of MS14-045. It was released as a...
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Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification September 2014
So far we have four bulletins announced for September 2014, one Critical and three Important. Back in August Microsoft put a hard deadline on implementing the Update 1 (KB2919355) for Windows 8.1 and...
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September Patch Tuesday Round-Up
This month may have been a light release from Microsoft, but there was still plenty of updates to deploy. Microsoft released four security updates, one of which was critical, resolving 42...
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November Patch Day Round-Up
November Patch Tuesday was the biggest this year with 16 announced, but Microsoft only released 14 on Patch Tuesday and today we step up to 15 updates. As you may recall, two of the updates were not...
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Protect 9.2 is so fast, why it’s Greased Lightning!!!!!
Sorry kids, what you see here is the original cast of Grease performing Greased Lightning, not any of the Glee or Broadway crews. Couldn’t help myself. Had to be done. So now that I have dated myself...
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Federal agencies, cybersecurity, and an order from the White House to step up...
Dateline 2015: US Army Website Hack Claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army China Expected to Have a Hand in the Office of Personnel Management Breach White House Orders Federal Agencies to step up...
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Shavlik Protect 9.2 Update 2
The Shavlik Team is happy to announce the release of Shavlik Protect 9.2 Update 2. This update provides support for installing the Shavlik Protect Console on Windows 10. It also provides 13 bug fixes...
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