Bonn, Germany - The discovery of 17 glitches in Microsoft Windows and its Office suite has prompted the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) to encourage computer users to download patches. The glitches, some of which affect critical areas, can potentially be used by outsiders to access a private computer and install foreign codes, hunt for personal data or cause system crashes. The BSI says a visit to a rigged website could open a computer to these problems.
The Microsoft patches were released on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of each month when the company makes its new patches available. They are available on the Windows Update website, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
