"April showers" the poem begins, and while it's not an all-out storm, April Patch Tuesday provides more than a sprinkling of updates, including critical patches. Take note as well of the out-of-band patch that protects you from an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability as well as the Java update. Java remains a common target for threat actors. In the midst of these clouds, though, here's a silver lining: Microsoft lifted the AV compatibility check prior to delivery of Windows security updates. It's full speed ahead on patching!