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How does Patch Tuesday work?
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Updated onMarch 3, 2020
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So maybe you’ve started paying more attention to how things are evolving with your Windows system. This means that you’ve surely heard about the termPatch Tuesday, but most probably you don’t know what it is.
As a quick summary,Patch Tuesdayis an unofficial term used to refer to when Microsoft regularly releasesupdatesfor its software products.
It gets its name from the fact that it occurs on the second, and sometimes fourth Tuesday of every month, and Microsoft formalizedPatch Tuesdayback in 2003.
Now that you have a brief understanding of what it is, you should know how it works.
What goes behind implementing Patch Tuesday?
Down to its core,Patch Tuesdayis just the implementation of all bugs fixes andupdatesthat have occurred since the lastupdate. They are all released as a singular package, with the occasional hot-fix follow-up if it ever comes with bugs or issues for users.
Most of the time though,Patch Tuesdayupdatesusually involvesecurity updates. This makes implementing them a must if you want to stay safe from the latest threats.
Why should I get patch Tuesday Updates?
Theseupdatesare not to be confused with dailyupdates. Thoseconsist of malware database refreshes for Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials.
Theseupdatesare usually pushed through by Microsoft and made available to anyone. Of course, the main condition is that they have the Windows Update feature enabled.
While you could postpone installingPatch Tuesdayupdates, this isn’t recommended. This is becausePatch Tuesdayis usually followed byExploit Wednesday, a day where cyber attacks are on the rise and they target those that haven’t installed the latestupdates.
That’s pretty much everything there is to know aboutPatch Tuesday. If you have any further questions about it, let us know in the comments section below.
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