Microsoft preps three critical fixes for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s monthly security update is coming up next week and the company has issued its usual list of bugs to be quashed which includes three critical updates, three important updates and one classed as moderate.

The three critical updates fix holes in Internet Explorer, DirectX and Bluetooth. All three of the critical vulnerabilities could potentially enable a remote attacker to execute malicious code that could take complete control of a user’s computer or shut down the system entirely – there’s no mention on whether the IE update includes a fix for a widely publicized flaw that can be exploited in conjunction with Apple’s Safari browser.