February 2010 Bulletin Release Advance Notification

On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Microsoft will be releasing 13 bulletins - five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate. The updates will address 26 vulnerabilities. Eleven of the bulletins affect Windows and the remaining two affect Office.

The summary table below from the MSRC Blog provides an indication of what to expect for your operating system:An updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool will also be available.

Version	Critical	Important	Moderate	Low	Total
Windows 2000	5	3	1	0	9
Windows XP	5	2	1	0	8
Windows Server 2003	4	3	2	0	9
Windows Vista	3	3	0	0	6
Windows Server 2008	3	4	0	1	8
Windows 7	3	2	0	0	5
Windows Server 2008 R2	3	1	0	1	5

There is also a timely reminder in the MSRC Blog post regarding the end of product life for three Windows systems. After the dates indicated, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates for those systems.

• "Windows XP Service Pack 2 will no longer be supported as of July 13, 2010. Many customers are still on this version, so we encourage upgrading to Service Pack 3 or to Windows 7 as soon as possible.
• Windows Vista RTM will no longer be supported as of April 13, 2010. Service Pack 1 will still be supported until July 12, 2011 but we recommend customers update to Service Pack 2 or Windows 7 at this time.
• Extended support for Windows 2000 will also be retired on July 13, 2010. At that time, we will no longer provide security or any other updates for Windows 2000."

References:

• MSRC: February 2010 Bulletin Release Advance Notification
• TechNet: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2010

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