Ten New Security Bulletins from Microsoft

We're halfway through the year now. Microsoft unveiled the Security Bulletins for June of 2009. On the down side- there are 10 new Security Bulletins for June. On the up side- the total for the year at this point is 27 which only puts us on pace to have 54 by the end of the year which would be a low total compared with recent years for Microsoft. This month, there are 6 Critical, 3 Important, and 1 Moderate Security Bulletins. Aside from the standard Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer, there are also Critical updates related to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, Active Directory, and the Windows Print Spooler. There are also patches for flaws in RPC, the Windows Kernel, and Windows Search.

To put it another way- Microsoft has something for everyone this month. Last month you may have been able to skip if you don't have PowerPoint installed or don't use PowerPoint. But, for June its a virtual guarantee that at least one of these Security Bulletins applies to you. Take a look at the summary of June 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins to learn more about the flaws that are addressed and the patches available.

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