Centrino users must update or get owned!
ALL PCs with the Centrino logo or any computer using an Intel Wireless Ethernet adapter must update their PROSet software and drivers found here or your computer can be remotely hijacked. An update was released earlier this month but that version was found to leak memory and cause PC slowdown. It is absolutely critical for IT departments and individual users to update their PROSet software and drivers.
Unfortunately, there isn't any autoupdate mechanism for the Intel PROSet software and drivers. Microsoft Windows Update includes an optional driver update section for WDM certified drivers, but something like the Intel PROSet software isn't ever included in Windows Update and you'll need to download the 51 MB update manually and install it manually on every single machine in your organization. Microsoft does not include driver or third party software updates in their critical update mechanism, but that may not be a bad idea if Microsoft would provide a standardized mechanism to deliver these critical updates. This should be done in conjunction with all of the third party hardware and software vendors since most major Linux distributions already do.
