Microsoft have released their Security Bulletin Summary for March 2011 this last Saturday 3rd March 2011. The patches will be released via Windows Update/Microsoft Update from Tuesday 8th March 2011According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2011, published: March 03, 2011, there are only three bulletins, one labelled Critical, and the other two labelled Important. All three patches address remote code execution flaws in Microsoft Windows and in Microsoft Office.The patches will fix vulnerabilities in the following software:

•Windows XP SP3
•Windows Vista SP1 & SP2
•Windows 7
•Windows Server 2003 SP2
•Windows Server 2008 R2
•Microsoft Office Groove 2007

Sources: – microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-mar.mspx, also hardwareheaven.com/news.php?newsid=2256

Kkomp.com – Beyond advises Windows users to apply these patches as soon as is possible after release. Many of the malware threats that you’re frequently warned about in news and information media, should never be any sort of threat to you whatsoever.

If you make a habit of applying the patches & updates that are issued by Microsoft every month, you’ll be immune from infection by many of the tens of thousands of threats currently circulating on the Internet, with more being churned out by the malware writers and the like on an almost daily basis.

The majority of these threats get into your computer by exploiting some known vulnerability in Windows. When these vulnerabilities are patched by Microsoft, the threat becomes benign — but only if you have applied the free patch to your version of Windows. If you delay or don’t bother applying the patches offered to you then you’re putting yourself at risk.

- So just a friendly reminder, if you’re running a current version of Windows, to install the updates offered to you by Microsoft as soon as you can this coming week. It won’t take you long.