By keeping those updated the likelyhood that the bugs could take administrative control are reduced significantly.
But you would have to be running as a restricted user, to help with this, to mitigate the threat.
CNET(download.com) has many good freeware solutions reviewed by users, that you could download to help fight such attacks, both on the administrative and restricted side of your PC accounts.
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