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Microsoft plans a mega-patch Tuesday This cycle never ends By Edward <http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/flame_author/1726870/microsoft-plans-mega-patch-tuesday> Berridge Fri Aug 06 2010, 09:53 SOFTWARE COBBLER Microsoft plans to send out a record batch of 14 security updates next week to patch 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Silverlight. Eight of the 14 software updates are ranked as "critical" while the remaining six are marked as "important". The count of 34 individual patches equals the monthly record, which was first set last October and repeated in June 2010. Since eight of these are called critical that matches the previous record that the Vole set in October 2009. It seems that the larger Microsoft updates are landing in even-numbered months and the smaller ones in odd numbered months. Thus we have the impression that patches are being sent out in numbers and on schedules that suit Microsoft's spinners in its PR department rather than its developers or customers. According to Microsoft's monthly advance notification <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx> , the company will deliver 10 updates for Windows, half of them critical and the other five rated important. Two updates will patch one or more critical bugs in IE and Silverlight, while another pair will fix bugs in Microsoft Office. All versions of Windows are involved, with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) being the oldest to get a fix. Windows XP is affected by all five Windows-only critical updates, as well as by the critical Internet Exploder and Silverlight fixes. Windows 7 is not completely unscathed either. Two of the five critical Windows updates apply to the Vole's newest operating system, as do the critical IE and Silverlight patches. All up Windows 7 will receive at least 10 of the 14 planned updates. So much for being a superior operating system. The Office updates are aimed at flaws in Word and Excel. Both updates also apply to the Mac editions of Word and Excel, even though Mac OS X is supposedly the most secure operating system in the world and never has a problem with malware. ยต
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