Keeping your security up to date is always a good idea, making sure you have time to deal with the biggest ever set of patches from Microsoft counts as an essential. Patch Tuesday Will Be Biggest Ever with 13 Bulletins

Microsoft Relevant Products/Services is preparing for its biggest-ever Patch Tuesday next week -- and analysts said IT administrators should do the same. The software giant will issue 13 bulletins to address 34 security vulnerabilities across a wide range of products. Eight of the bulletins come with critical ratings, including two for vulnerabilities that are already being exploited.

The patches cover Office, SQL Relevant Products/Services Server, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft developer tools, as well as all currently supported versions of Windows, including the yet-to-be released Windows 7. The previous largest Patch Tuesdays were 12 bulletins in October 2008 and November 2007.

No software is ever perfect, MS, having the biggest user base makes the biggest target for scammers and hackers and this week the solutions have ganged up on us. make sure your systems are patched.

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