This month Microsoft returns to form with 13 patches, with six rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important. You’ll notice that MS16-010 is missing — that’s because it was released last month on January 12th, with the standard January update cycle.

As always, I recommend a reboot after installing these updates, even if not explicitly required by Microsoft. In addition, some attention may be required on MS16-022 (the update to Adobe Flash Player) and the two kernel mode updates MS16-016 and MS16-018.

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