Read the article here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3021789/windows/microsoft-patch-tuesday-kills-off-windows-8-and-internet-explorer-8-9-and-10.html
Do you ever check to see what each update actually does? Microsoft's SecurityTech Center provides the details of each update. Check out their security bulletin summary for January 2016 at:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-Jan
The info might be a bit techy, but you can find out how critical a certain update might be. At any rate, making sure you keep your computer updated is very important. Questions? Send an email to ask@nscsurfers.org. You may have to copy and paste the email address into your email program if you have not configured your computer to use your default email program.
NOTE: Do you know about Patch Tuesday?
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/Patch-Tuesday_