Microsoft's new patches: Git 'em!

Microsoft issued two new critical patches today and one of next-to-the-highest level of importance. "A hacker could exploit one of the security flaws if a user directed the Web browser to a specially designed Web page," Reuters reports, saying the patches are part of the company's monthly PC security bulletin. Be sure to download them if you have a Windows PC. Go to the company's Windows Update page to check if you need them. If so, you can click once to download the three patches. Also, here's the new page, available just today, where you can scan your PC for virus infection, as I reported last week ("Microsoft's free help for PC pests").