They said to wait till it was available in the admin panel Jake, it's not there yet

The update notification does not appear immediately. It will take some time to be shown in your admin page.

If so, where would one find it at in the admin area?

when it's there you'll see it

Normally it takes 24 hours to show up.

Got it, nevermind. Thanks for the help anyways.

whats the update supposed to do anyway?

Abbey,  it is security release. You can find more info on what was changed here:  http://blog.oxwall.org/2012/10/oxwall-1-4-1-security-release

Quote from Aliia Abbey,  it is security release. You can find more info on what was changed here:  http://blog.oxwall.org/2012/10/oxwall-1-4-1-security-release

Yeah I've read that before, doesn't really say much, if it was to stop the spam bots who've been plaguing oxwall sites then it didn't work I'm sorry

Am I going to lose data when I update?

No Kumi, you should lose nothing

Abbey,  it wasn't meant to stop spam. For spam issue we recommend using AntiSpammer plug in for now.

Yeah I tried that, it blocked more than it was supposed to

Regarding antispammer I think that it is better to contact plugin developer if  it is working incorrectly.

This topic is devoted to updating, so let  me know if you have any other questions regarding the new security release.

ok.... what's the new security release securing out sites from?

Abbey,  added fixes secure sites from external manipulation of user roles  and execution of XSS attacks via join form.