Microsoft has released its latest Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification ready for this month"s Patch Tuesday.
This month sees 12 new patches including 7 critical fixes for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and Media Player.
A further 5 rated important cover flaws in Windows, Outlook Express and Windows Messenger.
All the updates will be available via the Windows Update.
It"s a busy month for Microsoft on the patch front, over each of the last 2 Patch Tuesdays there was only one patch rated critical.