Security updates

Updated: August 12, 2008

When necessary, Microsoft provides a new security update on the second Tuesday of each month and publishes a bulletin to announce the update. Occasionally, updates are released more often. The links below go to the latest bulletins. Each bulletin includes links to the security updates.

Note To get technical details about updates, review the information published on Microsoft TechNet.

The latest bulletin

•	August 12, 2008 On August 12, 2008 we released 11 security updates that addressed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer.

Latest bulletins by program

•	Microsoft Windows: August 2008
•	Microsoft Exchange Server: July 2008
•	Internet Explorer: August 2008
•	Microsoft DirectX: June 2008
•	Microsoft Office: August 2008
•	Microsoft Malware Protection Engine: May 2008
•	Virtual PC for Mac: November 2007
•	MSN Messenger: September 2007
•	Virtual Server: September 2007
•	Visual Basic: August 2007
•	JPEG Processing (GDI+): September 2004

Archived bulletins

For previous security update bulletins, see TechNet Microsoft Security Bulletin Search.

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