Today Tuesday the 8th, Microsoft issued 12 security updates patching 22 bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.

3 of the 12 updates were labeled “critical”, the most severe rating. the remaining 9 were labeled “important”, the next rating down.

The two most urgent ones to install are MS11-003, patching Internet Explorer bugs, and MS11-006 (the vulnerability this patch handles does not affect Windows 7 computers).

Actions to take: If you do not have Windows Update set to automatic, it is highly recommended you use the update management feature in your computer’s control panel or visit this link to install these updates:

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en

Happy patching.