Finally, I’ve been waiting all month for this. I can download all the updates that Microsoft has worked on throughout the month. You know the patches for the exploits that came out a day after last month’s patch Tuesday, so Microsoft kindly has a whole month to work on them while the rest of us aid Microsoft’s patch efforts with reports of infections. Yeah, those updates. Now my system is protected again for another 12 hours so I have time to prepare for the cycle all over again!

Now seriously, today is Microsoft’s Windows Patch Tuesday. If you’re not a regular patcher this month’s update may be well worth your time. If you ever played one of Sony’s CDs, this month’s update will remove any rootkits you have obtained playing the CD in your computer. The updates also fix exploits that have been found and used in the past month.

Now that’s the whole problem I have with Patch Tuesday. Microsoft figures that if they put out all of their updates on one day, it allows for system admins to plan ahead for the updates. However this is a very inefficient way of releasing the updates. If I was a hacker who just found the next major flaw in Windows, I’m going to wait until the day after Patch Tuesday to unleash my exploit. That way I’ll have a whole month before Microsoft fixes the problem. See, Microsoft wants you to believe that they’re doing you a favor, where in reality they’re screwing you over by making it easier for hackers to cause the most damage possible. Is Microsoft doing this intentionally? No, but they’re sure doing a good job at it.