Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows and other company products on December 11, 2018.
Our monthly update provides you with detailed information on updates that Microsoft released, known issues, release notes, and links to support pages and downloads.
Check out the overview of last month's update releases here.
Note: We recommend that you create backups of the system before you install updates, especially feature updates.
You can download an Excel spreadsheet that lists all security updates and information about the updates for all supported versions of Windows -- client and server -- and other Microsoft products from our site. Just click on the following link to download the spreadsheet to your device: windows-december-2018-security-updates.zip
Windows Server products
Other Microsoft Products
Windows 10 version 1809
Windows 10 version 1803
Windows 10 version 1709
Windows 10 version 1703
Windows 10 version 1607
Windows 8.1
KB4471320 -- Monthly Rollup
KB4471322 -- Security-only
Windows 7 Service Pack 1
KB4471318 -- Monthly Rollup
KB4471328 -- Security-only
Other security updates
Windows 10 version 1803
Some users may not be able to pin web links to the Start menu.
Windows 10 version 1607, 1703, 1709 and 1803
After installing the September 11, 2018 Net Framework update, SQLConnection instantiations can throw an exception.
Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Still the Network Interface Controller issue that plagued Windows 7 devices for months.
ADV180029 -- Inadvertently Disclosed Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing
ADV180030 -- November 20, 2018 Flash Updates
ADV180031 -- December 2018 Adobe Flash Security Update
ADV990001 -- Latest Servicing Stack Updates (updated)
KB4468323Â -- Update for WES09 and POSReady 2009
KB890830 -- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - December 2018
Microsoft released non-security updates for Office 2010, 2013 and 2016 last week.
A list of all security updates for Microsoft Office is available on KB4477615.
Windows updates are pushed automatically to consumer systems via Windows Update. Admins can run update checks to download the updates quickly; Windows 10 devices may pick up the latest feature update this way, however, which will be downloaded and installed then.
Do the following to run a manual check for updates:
Microsoft publishes all cumulative security updates and other updates on the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Direct download links are listed below.
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP
Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (version 1607)
Windows 10 (version 1703)
Windows 10 (version 1709)
Windows 10 (version 1803)
Windows 10 (version 1809)
Martin, I would appreciate that you do not censor this post, as it’s informative writing.
Onur, there is a misleading statement “[…] GIFs are animated images …”. No, obviously you don’t seem to have take much notice of what you were told back in March regarding; Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).
For example, https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/31/whats-gif-explanation-and-how-to-use-it/#comment-4562919 (if you had read my replies within that thread, you might have learnt something useful). I even mentioned, “GIF intrinsically supports animated images (GIF89a)”.
You linked to said article, [Related: …] within this article, but have somehow failed to take onboard what support you were given by several more knowledgeable people.
If you used AI to help write this article, it has failed miserably.
AI is stupid, and it will not get any better if we really know how this all works. Prove me wrong.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYl1sTIOHI
Martin, [#comment-4569908] is only meant to be in: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/09/how-to-send-gifs-on-iphone-two-different-ways/]. Whereas it appears duplicated in several recent random low-quality non relevant articles.
Obviously it [#comment-4569908] was posted: 9 July 2023. Long before this thread even existed… your database is falling over. Those comments are supposed to have unique ID values. It shouldn’t be possible to duplicate the post ID, if the database had referential integrity.
Don’t tell me!
Ghacks wants the state to step in for STATE-MANDATED associations to save jobs!!!
Bring in the dictatorship!!!
And screw Rreedom of Association – too radical for Ghacks maybe
GateKeeper ?
That’s called “appointing” businesses to do the state’s dirty work!!!!!
But the article says itself that those appointed were not happy – implying they had not choice!!!!!!
@The Dark Lady,
@KeZa,
@Database failure,
@Howard Pearce,
@Howard Allan Pearce,
Note: I replaced the quoted URI scheme: https:// with “>>” and posted.
The current ghacks.net is owned by “Softonic International S.A.” (sold by Martin in October 2019), and due to the fate of M&A, ghacks.net has changed in quality.
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/02/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows/#comment-4573130
Many Authors of bloggers and advertisers certified by Softonic have joined the site, and the site is full of articles aimed at advertising and clickbait.
>> ghacks.net/2023/08/31/in-windows-11-the-line-between-legitimate-and-adware-becomes-increasingly-blurred/#comment-4573117
As it stands, except for articles by Martin Brinkmann, Mike Turcotte, and Ashwin, they are low quality, unhelpful, and even vicious. It is better not to read those articles.
How to display only articles by a specific author:
Added line to My filters in uBlock Origin: ghacks.net##.hentry,.home-posts,.home-category-post:not(:has-text(/Martin Brinkmann|Mike Turcotte|Ashwin/))
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/01/windows-11-development-overview-of-the-august-2023-changes/#comment-4573033
By the way, if you use an RSS reader, you can track exactly where your comments are (I’m an iPad user, so I use “Feedly Classic”, but for Windows I prefer the desktop app “RSS Guard”).
RSS Guard: Feed reader which supports RSS/ATOM/JSON and many web-based feed services.
>> github.com/martinrotter/rssguard#readme
We all live in digital surveillance glass houses under scrutiny of evil people because of people like Musk. It’s only fair that he takes his turn.
“Operating systems will be required to let the user choose the browser, virtual assistant and search engine of their choice. Microsoft cannot force users to use Bing or Edge. Apple will have to open up its iOS operating system to allow third-party app stores, aka allow sideloading of apps. Google, on the other hand, will need to provide users with the ability to uninstall preloaded apps (bloatware) from Android devices. Online services will need to allow users to unsubscribe from their platform easily. Gatekeepers need to provide interoperability with third-parties that offer similar services.”
Wonderful ! Let’s hope they’ll comply with that law more than they are doing with the GDPR.