Microsoft Plans Big Patch Tuesday This Month With 16 Bug Fixes

Microsoft has a large batch of patches in store for this month.Patch Tuesday, which occurs on the second Tuesday of each month, is the usual date of Microsoft to deploy the latest bug fixes, patches and other updates for your software . On Tuesday, the company will release 16 patches to shore up the holes in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.

Five of the patches are classified as critical, meaning they are fixing bugs could allow attackers to execute code from a remote location to access and take control of a computer. Microsoft describes a critical patch as follows. A vulnerability whose exploitation could allow code execution without user interaction. These scenarios include self-propagating malware,or unavoidable common usage scenarios where code execution without warnings or instructions occurs.This could mean navigating a web page or opening mail.

Basically, without the patches, you can open a web page or malicious email attachment and infect your computer.The five critical vulnerabilities affect all specific versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Server. One of them also affects Internet Explorer versions 7-11.

We are for a significant patch day from Microsoft for November, looking Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of security firm Qualys, said in a statement. "Microsoft has 16 bulletins,with five of them, which allows  of vulnerability that attackers are particularly popular. In general, the other 16 bulletins Microsoft will account to get to 79, which means that we at end of the year 100 vulnerabilities, which is slightly lower than in 2013 and 2011 and probably on par with 2012.

Windows users have Automatic Updates enabled, do not have to do anything manually. Updates are automatically installed on Tuesday as they become available. But some of the changes require a reboot, so you have to restart your PC after they are installed.

Another nine patches are classified as significant, which means that the fixing insects are not as strict as the critics, but still patches must be installed in order to keep your computer fully protected. These affect Windows and Office and Microsoft Exchange. Important updates will be installed automatically when you will be rated as moderate automatic updates enabled.Two patches what. A much lower risk But even the moderate patches need to be installed, Microsoft advised.