Microsoft announces flurry of patches

Microsoft will initiate one of its largest ever patch updates next Tuesday, after just two releases so far this year.

Twelve security updates in total will be made available on Tuesday February 12th, seven of which are termed ‘critical’ while the remaining five fall under the ‘important’ category.

The critical updates are designed to address security issues within Internet Explorer and Office software, while the important patches are for Windows Vista, Active Directory and Microsoft Works.

The updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft website.