Out of date browser software is a great way to install malware on your computer.\u00a0 A simple way to help avoid computer “infections” while surfing the web is by keeping your browser up to date (note: this is one of the most common ways that Macs get infected).<\/p>\n
At the time of this writing<\/span>, the following are the latest browser versions:<\/p>\n Firefox 3.6.17 or <\/strong> Safari\u00a0 5.0.5<\/strong><\/p>\n Chrome 12.0.742.100<\/strong><\/p>\n Opera 11.11<\/strong><\/p>\n Updates for Internet Explorer<\/strong> are bundled in Windows Automatic Updates.\u00a0 So, as long as that\u2019s enabled (and<\/span> you allow it to install the updates), you should have the latest version.\u00a0 Any version of IE before<\/span> 8.0 should be abandoned.<\/p>\n For Firefox<\/strong> and Opera<\/strong> users, you can easily check for updates by clicking on Help within your browser and then \u201cCheck for Updates\u2026\u201d\u00a0 For Safari<\/strong> on the Mac, use the \u201cSoftware Update\u2026\u201d feature to get the latest version.\u00a0 For Google Chrome<\/strong> users, click on the wrench icon on the browser toolbar and then select \u201cUpdate Google Chrome\u201d.<\/p>\n Download links for all the latest browser versions are below:<\/p>\n Firefox<\/a><\/p>\n Safari<\/a><\/p>\n Chrome<\/a><\/p>\n Internet Explorer<\/a><\/p>\n Opera<\/a><\/p>\n While you\u2019re at it, you should really consider making sure other popular applications are up to date including Adobe Reader, Flash and Shockwave, Java, QuickTime, etc.\u00a0 Refer to this article<\/a> for an easy way to determine what needs updating on your computer.<\/p>\n The cyber miscreants are counting on your software being out of date<\/strong><\/em>!\u00a0 Why make it easy for them??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Out of date browser software is a great way to install malware on your computer.\u00a0 A simple way to help avoid computer “infections” while surfing the web is by keeping your browser up to date (note: this is one of the most common ways that Macs get infected). At the time of this writing, the following are the latest browser versions: Firefox 3.6.17 or 4.0.1 5.0.1 (you should strongly consider upgrading to 5.0.1 unless there\u2019s a specific application you use that requires 3.6.x) Safari\u00a0 5.0.5 Chrome 12.0.742.100 Opera 11.11 Updates for Internet Explorer are bundled in Windows Automatic Updates.\u00a0 So, … Continue reading Update Your Browser.. Save Your Computer!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-f3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}4.0.1<\/del> 5.0.1<\/strong>
\n(you should strongly consider upgrading to 5.0.1 unless there\u2019s a specific application you use that requires 3.6.x)<\/p>\n