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August 18, 2008 (Computerworld) In its largest batch of security fixes in 18 months, Microsoft Corp. last week released 11 software updates to plug 26 holes in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and other products.

Six of the updates were tagged "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. And the company acknowledged that at least two of the vulnerabilities being patched have already been exploited by attackers in the wild.

This month's update count was supposed to be even larger: Microsoft said it decided not to issue an expected fix for Windows Media Player 11 "because of a last-minute quality issue."

Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc., noted that seven of the 11 updates replace earlier patches from Microsoft.

This version of the story originally appeared in Computerworld's print edition.

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