MICROSOFT has announced it will release three sets of security updates next Tuesday, fixing at least one critical bug in its Windows operating system.
The software vendor said the most serious of these updates fixes a bug that could be used to install malicious software on a victim's computer on any supported version of Windows.
Microsoft assured the other two Windows updates fix flaws that are not considered to be quite as serious, and one of these two fixes does not affect Windows XP or Vista users.
The company gives customers advance notification of what patches are coming the Thursday before they are released and this month's early notification said a highly publicized Excel bug that has been used in a small number of targeted attacks will not be patched this month.
Andrew Storms, director of security operations with security vendor nCircle said that given the Excel bug was reported to Microsoft only weeks ago, it's not surprising that Microsoft has not had time to fully test and release a bug-fix.
But he admits that it is disappointing that users will have to wait another month for protection.
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