Patch your Windows!

We all just experienced "patch Tuesday" again. Microsoft released seven PC security patches this month. "The software maker originally planned to release only six security bulletins as part of its monthly patch cycle. However, it added a seventh to deliver a fix for two flaws that affect the Windows Media Format," ZDNET reports, adding that they were to take care of 11 security flaws, most in the Windows operating system. "However, there were no fixes Tuesday for a pair of known flaws in Microsoft Word that are also being exploited in malicious software." If you need to download the patches manually, just go to Microsoft Update. Washington Post security writer Brian Krebs offers protection advice for the long term at the bottom of his coverage of patch Tuesday.