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Important security update
Click the link for your product and version to install an important patch to get latest product enhancements and reduce the risk of a security vulnerability in your product.
Intuit recommends that you install the 1-minute security update now and return later to install the product update at a more convenient time.
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All products, security update only.
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(1 MB, Approximately 1 minute) |
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Quickbooks 2005, Enterprise 5.0, and Simple Start 1.5 |
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(61.5 MB, Approximately 60 - 90 minutes) |
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Quickbooks 2006, Enterprise 6.0, and Simple Start 3.0 |
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(90 MB, Approximately 60 - 90 minutes) |
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Quickbooks 2007, Enterprise 7.0, and Simple Start 2007 |
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(165 MB, Approximately 60 - 90 minutes) |
1-minute security update
This Intuit security update reduces the risk of a security vulnerability in your product. It does not include the latest product enhancements.
60 to 90-minute product update
This update provides the latest product enhancements and reduces the risk of a security vulnerability in your product. It includes the Intuit security patch.
Your security is always our top priority. Recently we found a potential security vulnerability in some of our Windows-based products and we immediately created a solution to fix it. We don’t know of any cases where someone has illicitly taken advantage of this, but we want you to be safe. All you need to do is download the security patch above.
The vulnerability involves code that’s part of the “Help” function in the following Intuit products.
- TurboTax
TurboTax – tax years 2003-2006
- Quicken
Quicken Personal Finance Software – 2008
- Professional Tax and Accounting Products
ProSeries and ProSeries Express – tax years 2003-2007
- QuickBooks Product Line
QuickBooks Basic, Simple Start, Pro, Premier and Enterprise – versions 2005 - 2007
- Innovative Merchant Solutions
QuickBooks Credit Card Processing Kit – all versions
Invoice Manager – all versions
- QuickBooks Product Line
QuickBooks (English) – versions 2003-2007
QuickBooks (French) SuccèsPME, and Logiciel Comptable – versions 2003- 2007
- QuickTax and ImpôtRapide
QuickTax (English) – tax years 2003-2006
ImpôtRapide – tax years 2003-2006
- Quicken
Personal Finance Software – 2008
- QuickBooks
QuickBooks versions – 2003-2008
Versions included in Barclay’s Business Manager
- Clearly Bookkeeping
Clearly Bookkeeping versions – 2003-2004
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As a precaution, we recommend that customers who have installed any of the above products download the patch, which fixes a program called AnswerWorks, a third- party software package used by Intuit and other software companies. This action will eliminate the vulnerability in the event that other software on your computer is also using the affected versions of AnswerWorks.
If you have uninstalled Intuit’s products and prefer instead to verify that the affected versions of AnswerWorks are not on your computer, please follow the steps below. If the affected versions are not on your computer, no patch is necessary.
To determine if AnswerWorks Version 4.0 or Version 5.0 is installed:
- Right-Click on your “Start” menu and select “Explore.”
- Open the following folders in order: Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Common Files. (Note: You may receive a message when you open your Program Files folder that “These Files are Hidden.” Go ahead and click on the “Show the Contents of This Folder” link.)
- If you find a folder called “AnswerWorks 4.0” or “AnswerWorks 5.0” in your Common Files directory, Intuit strongly recommends that you apply the patch.
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All affected users of Intuit products should download the security patch awMinimalPatchEnglish.msi .All affected users of Intuit products should download the security patch at:
When the page appears:
- Click the “Download” button to start the download, or choose a different language from the drop-down list and click “Go.”
- Select “Open” or “Run This Program From its Current Location” to begin installing the patch immediately. Restarting your computer is not required.
- If you don't have time to install the patch, or don't want to restart your computer, you can select “Save” or “Save This Program to Disk” and the patch file, called “awMinimalPatchEnglish.msi” will download to your hard drive. To finish the installation, you'll need to open that file to run the patch.
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To verify that the security patch has been applied, Open QuickBooks and press the F2 key at the top of your keyboard. This will open the Product Information screen. When the update has been installed the top line of the Product Information screen should read:
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The security patch is available for all operating systems used by affected Intuit applications: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000. If you are running Windows 98 or Windows ME, you need to have Internet Explorer 6.0 or later installed before you can install the update. Go to the Internet Explorer 6 Downloads Web page to install a more recent version of IE.
Note: Intuit products for Apple MacOS X are not affected.
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No, the security vulnerability is in a shared software component that is used by several Intuit products, as well as other software packages which may be installed on your computer. By downloading and installing the security patch once, you eliminate the vulnerability for all products, Intuit as well as others.
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Yes. If you have any trial versions of TurboTax installed on your system from tax years 2003-2006, you should download and install the security patch.
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Yes. If you installed any of the affected products on your computer, the vulnerability poses a security risk regardless of whether you are currently connected to the Internet. We recommend that all affected users download and install the security patch.
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As we developed a solution to this vulnerability, and as part of our standard security practices, Intuit has been working with security firms to monitor Internet threats and hacker activities. We’ve found no cases where this vulnerability has been exploited.
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