Fixing a hole…or 12
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Microsoft gave advance notice (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx) today of the 12 security patches which will be released on Tuesday: 10 relating to Windows and two relating to Office. This advance notification does not include severity ratings.
Unpatched vulnerabilities continue to be a significant weapon in the armoury of malware writers, and Microsoft has been kept particularly busy releasing patches in recent months.
| Critical | Important | Moderate | |
| January 2006 | 3 | – | – |
| February 2006 | 2 | 5 | – |
| March 2006 | 1 | 1 | – |
| April 2006 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| May 2006 | 2 | 1 | – |
| June 2006 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| July 2006 | 5 | 2 | – |
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