Slates 10 updates, the most in eight months, and includes first fix for IE8

Microsoft today said it will deliver 10 security updates next week to patch serious bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Word and Excel.

If the company follows through on its plans -- sometimes Microsoft ditches an update at the last minute -- next week's Patch Tuesday will be the largest since October 2008.

"We're back to a normal load," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. "Some may think of it as pretty big, but really, for anyone who's dealt with Patch Tuesday for the last five years, it's what we should be expecting."

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