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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: December 9, 2010
Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: December 14, 2010

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on December 14, 2010.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the December bulletin summary on December 14, 2010. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on December 15, 2010, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Affected software includes;

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista SP1 & SP2
• Windows XP SP3
• Windows Server 2003/08 SP2
• Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8
• Microsoft Office XP SP3
• Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
• Microsoft Office 2007 SP2
• Microsoft Office 2010
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP2

Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates.

This will be the last Patch Tuesday we will see from Microsoft this year.

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