Patches Galore

[Clive]

May Patch Tuesday critical for users of Internet Explorer and web-based services

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/14/may-patch-tuesday-critical-for-users-of-internet-explorer-and-web-based-services/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail&utm_campaign=0542b590c8-naked%252Bsecurity&utm_term=0_31623bb782-0542b590c8-418447017

Mozilla pushes out new Firefox and Thunderbird: 8 security advisories, 3 critical fixes

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/14/mozilla-pushes-out-new-firefox-and-thunderbird-8-security-advisories-3-critical-fixes/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail&utm_campaign=0542b590c8-naked%252Bsecurity&utm_term=0_31623bb782-0542b590c8-418447017

[Simon]

Deep joy!

[zappaDPJ]

Yes, I became painfully aware of the first one when my PC spontaneously rebooted last night without so much as a warning losing me a couple of hours work and the movie I was in the middle of watching

[Clive]

Another good reason to uncheck Automatic Updates.   

[Simon]

Mine seem to have installed without too much of a drama, although, the PC did reboot itself twice after the installation.  Seems fine now, though.

[zappaDPJ]

Another good reason to uncheck Automatic Updates.   

I can't really afford to do that because of the work I do. The annoying thing is that Windows 7 Pro has option which allows you to automatically download updates but it will not reboot your PC. Unfortunately I appear to be using the crippled home version on this PC