PC World reports that a homemade patch addresses PDF zero-day bug that Adobe has yet to fix

Microsoft updated the following security bulletin:

- MS10-050 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981997) - Version:1.2

Microsoft has released an ISO image of today's security updates

Microsoft has released the following security updates:

- Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB982000)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB982000)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2141007)
- Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2141007)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB982802)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB981322)
- Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2141007)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB982802)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2141007)
- Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows XP Embedded (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2259922)
- Security Update for Windows XP Embedded (KB975558)
- Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2141007)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB982802)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows XP Embedded (KB982000)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2259922)
- Security Update for Windows XP Embedded (KB2121546)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2259922)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2259922)
- Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2124261)
- Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2124261)
- Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2124261)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB982802)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB975558)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB981322)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB981550)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2141007)
- Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2141007)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB981322)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2158563)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB981550)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB982000)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2158563)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB981322)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB975558)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2290570)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2347290)
- Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 (KB2398632)
- Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based systems (KB2398632)
- Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 x64 based systems (KB2398632)
- Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 based systems (KB2398632)
- Security Update for Windows XP Embedded (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2347290)
- Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2386792)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2271195)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2347290)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2271195)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2271195)

PC World posted a news story that one of Microsoft's enterprise tools can stop exploits of zero-day hole in Acrobat and Reader

PC World published a story that a new exploit circulating for a critical unpatched bug in Adobe Reader

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2010

PC World reports that Adobe today warned users that attacks have begun exploiting an unpatched bug in its popular Reader and Acrobat PDF viewing and creation software

PC World reports that Microsoft investigates a two-year-old bug In Internet Explorer

OSNews posted a guide about securing Windows

Microsoft updated the following two security bulletins:

- MS10-056 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269638) - Version:1.3
- MS10-049 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in SChannel could allow Remote Code Execution (980436) - Version:1.1

GHacks.net posted a guide about detecting a 64-bit Alureon Rootkit Infection

Computerworld posted a news story that new versions of the malware dubbed Alureon, TLD3 and Tidserv are designed to infect PCs running 64-bit versions of the OS

Microsoft has published the following security bulletin updates:

- MS10-056 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269638) - Version:1.2
- MS10-054 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in SMB Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982214) - Version:1.2

Microsoft published the following security updates:

- MS10-046 - Critical: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2286198) - Version:1.2
- Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637): Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Remove Fake Antivirus 1.68 has been released

Microsoft has released an update against DLL preloading vulnerabilities

PC World posted a story that about 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw according to a security researcher

Microsoft published the following two security bulletin updates:

- MS10-058 - Important: Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (978886) - Version:1.1
- MS10-055 - Critical: Vulnerability in Cinepak Codec Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982665) - Version:1.1

PC World reports that a hacker has created a virus that replaces the infected files with octopus photos