Microsoft and Oracle release critical software updates on same day as Patch Tuesday. Security experts say the Internet Explorer update, which fixes six bugs in the browser, is the one to watch. Active Directory on Windows 2000 machines should move the Active Directory update to the top of the patch queue. Microsoft has now rated all of its security updates with the following descriptions: “Consistent Exploit Code Likely” or “InconsistentExploit Code likely” Oracle’s patches are a quarterly affair, delivered on the Tuesday nearest the middle of the month.”]
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