God that sounds so star-trekkish. Microsoft has released six security bulletins as part of its monthly patch cycle. Of the eight flaws that were fixed, five of were considered critical. Three of the security holes could be exploited remotely by an anonymous attacker without the user having to take any action, such as clicking on a link. The remaining five would require people to visit a malicious Web site or open a malicious file for an attack to succeed, according to Microsoft's alerts.

CRITICAL:
- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760)
- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent Could Allow Remote Code Execution (920213)
- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe Could Allow Remote Code Execution (923789)
- Vulnerability in Workstation Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924270)
- Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (928088)