Microsoft to deliver eight security updates next week

Microsoft is slated to deliver a total of eight security updates for December's patch Tuesday, next week. Of these updates, a sizable chunk, six in all, are marked as "critical." According to Microsoft's monthly advance warning, one of the critical updates affects all shipping versions of Windows, with another affecting only the newer Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Two of the critical updates affects Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media software respectively, with another four affecting various products ranging from Office, SharePoint, Visual Studio and Visual Basic. The critical fixes appear to be spread around Microsoft's product range, and as such, it probably makes sense to ensure that one is properly patched next Tuesday.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at Computerworld
- check out this article at PCMag Blogs

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