Via The Inquirer:

SOFTWARE PATCH FACTORY Microsoft has released a preview of its March Patch Tuesday release, which contains the firm's penultimate security bulletin for Windows XP.

The firm said it will deliver five security updates to users next week in the release, including two rated as "critical", one of which will patch the open vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that hackers have been exploiting since January.

"Priority one should be the two critical bulletins," said security firm Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek. "Bulletin one for all versions of Internet Explorer, starting with v6 all the way to v11 a...