Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release

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Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange.

As per our monthly process, we’ve scheduled the Security Bulletin release for the second Tuesday of the month, December 9, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Until then, please review the ANS summary page for more information to help you prepare for Security Bulletin testing and deployment.

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Microsoft Announces Critical Windows and Internet Explorer Updates

Redmond reveals December 2014 Patch Tuesday updates

Microsoft has recently revealed that this month’s Patch Tuesday rollout will bring us a total of seven security updates for a wide array of software, including the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer.

Three of these security bulletins are considered to be critical and at least one will require a computer reboot, which means that system administrators must prepare to save the current state of their systems in order to restart each machine.

What’s more important, however, is that the most popular Microsoft products will be patched next week, starting with Windows and ending with Internet Explorer, Office, and Exchange.

Microsoft Announces Critical Windows and Internet Explorer Updates - Softpedia