Microsoft to plug 11 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/10/2010 12:24 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Microsoft announced this month's Patch Tuesday will feature 11 security bulletins addressing 25 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. For Windows there are five critical updates, three important updates and one moderate update, while Office will get two important updates.

Most of the updates are for older operating systems, Windows 7 is only affected by three out of the nine vulnerabilities that will be fixed next week.

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