Microsoft patched a series of serious bugs for IE and Office next Tuesday

Users of Microsoft products are familiar with Patch Tuesday - the second third day of the month - often used by Microsoft to release patches for their products. Tuesday March 12 will be a very important Patch Tuesday .

Of the seven Windows patches that Microsoft is expected to release, four are listed as "critical" . These patches fix bugs that allow hackers to run malicious code on users' machines by pushing them to a dangerous website or email link.

The first patch is for Internet Explorer (6-10) on platforms from Windows XP to Windows 8. The second patch is for Silverlight plug-in , a plug-in that runs on many other browsers. each other allows the display of videos and other complex content on browsers.

The third patch is for Visio users and Office Filter Pack . However, according to CNET, CTO (technical director) of Qualys security company cannot explain why this patch is rated "extremely important". According to the CTO, "it is difficult to understand why a patch for a software that users can only be attacked when opening the infected file is classified as" extremely important "" ".

The final patch is for Microsoft Sharepoint, a very popular Microsoft content management system. Therefore, this patch will only affect SharePoint businesses.

The 3 remaining patches released by Microsoft on March 12 are also classified as "important" - Important. Therefore, although the vulnerabilities that these patches fix are not as serious as the above flaws, users should still install these patches.