As usual on the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft is releasing a batch of updates this Tuesday the 8th.  A relatively small one, only 2 updates for Windows and 1 for Office are been released. 1 update is labeled critical, the other 2 important.

Worth mentioning also is the fact that in the updates department, for the past 2 weeks Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been available for download. A service pack is a collection of security, stability and performance patches all condensed into one file. Normally service packs have respectable sizes and Windows 7 SP1 is no exception. In fact, it is arguably the biggest service pack I have seen.

I always recommend keeping your computer up-to-date on the latest Windows and any other key programs’ patches as a mean to ensure resilience to computer vulnerabilities exploited by malware creators and hackers. See this article for more information.