Microsoft have released one of the biggest security updates for more than a year - TWELVE in all to fix 12 known software flaws in Windows and Office software...

At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers.

Microsoft issues its security patches on the second Tuesday of every month and the June 2006 update will be the biggest for more than a year!

One of the security problems being tackled in Office was found in Microsoft's Word software and the virus created to exploit it has been dubbed Backdoor.Ginwui. The virus and loophole were first discovered in mid-May.

The virus travels in an e-mail bearing a Word document that purports to summarise the results of a US-Asia summit - never open it!

What Are The Security Updates?

...below is a list of the 12 security updates for the June 2006 patch "Tuesday"..


• MS06-011 - is a re-release, addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2003 only, and has a maximum severity rating of important

• MS06-021 - addresses several newly discovered vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-022 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-023 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-024 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Windows Media Player and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-025 - addresses two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-026 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-027 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Word and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-028 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint and has a maximum severity rating of critical

• MS06-030 - addresses two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of important

• MS06-031 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 only and has a maximum severity rating of moderate

• MS06-032 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of important

PLEASE NOTE that not ALL of these security updates are going to be needed for every user...