Yesterday saw the roll out of major patches for vulnerabilities affecting Windows.  11 security bulletins were announced for a total of 25 vulnerabilities across various Windows platforms. Its now time to check if your computer has them installed.

If you have followed my previous advice on configuring Windows updates to install automatically then you should have the patches now installed. If you totally ignored my advice and do not have Windows updates set to install automatically then I highly recommend you install them now. Click here to do it manually.

Summary of security bulletins released for April

Here is a summary of the security bulletins listed under the Microsoft updates April announcement.

• MS10-019 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981210)
• MS10-020 – Vulnerabilities in SMB Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980232)
• MS10-025 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980858)
• MS10-026 – Vulnerability in Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Codecs Could Allow Remote Code Execution (977816)
• MS10-027 – Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979402)
• MS10-021 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (979683)
• MS10-022 – Vulnerability in VBScript Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981169)
• MS10-023 – Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (981160)
• MS10-024 – Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and Windows SMTP Service Could Allow Denial of Service (981832)
• MS10-028 – Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980094)
• MS10-029 – Vulnerabilities in Windows ISATAP Component Could Allow Spoofing (978338)