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George
I recently visited Windows Update and saw the following
update in the critical updates section: "Broadcom
Corporation modem software update released on August 27
2003". I downloaded it and later noted that it installed a
file, "BCMSMMSG.exe", in the "run" section of the registry.
Here is my concern. First, there was virtually NO
INFORMATION available from Microsoft when I downloaded this
critical update. There was not, in other words, the usual
article (or bulletin) that you could read that explained
the reason for the update and the security hole that it as
designed to fix. Second, it is very unusual (in my
experience over the last five years, anyway) for a
non-Microsoft product to be part of a critical update.
I spoke with MSFT tech support about this, and after some
investigation by the tech person, I was told that the
update is legitimate, but that THERE IS NO PUBLIC
INFORMATION AVAILABLE on this issue.
I'm glad that the update is legitimate (assuming that what
I was told is accurate), but I am not satisfied with the
complete lack of any documentation for an update,
particularly one in the "Critical" category. How can a
user evaluate an update if he has no idea whatsoever what
the update is designed to fix and what it does? And
doesn't the absence of information make it impossible for
the user to assess over time the quality of the OS and the
modem that he is running? Could this become a trend --
just install this update, we are not telling you what it
is, trust us -- in the future?
Does anyone have any insight into this situation or
thoughts about this?
Thanks.
George
update in the critical updates section: "Broadcom
Corporation modem software update released on August 27
2003". I downloaded it and later noted that it installed a
file, "BCMSMMSG.exe", in the "run" section of the registry.
Here is my concern. First, there was virtually NO
INFORMATION available from Microsoft when I downloaded this
critical update. There was not, in other words, the usual
article (or bulletin) that you could read that explained
the reason for the update and the security hole that it as
designed to fix. Second, it is very unusual (in my
experience over the last five years, anyway) for a
non-Microsoft product to be part of a critical update.
I spoke with MSFT tech support about this, and after some
investigation by the tech person, I was told that the
update is legitimate, but that THERE IS NO PUBLIC
INFORMATION AVAILABLE on this issue.
I'm glad that the update is legitimate (assuming that what
I was told is accurate), but I am not satisfied with the
complete lack of any documentation for an update,
particularly one in the "Critical" category. How can a
user evaluate an update if he has no idea whatsoever what
the update is designed to fix and what it does? And
doesn't the absence of information make it impossible for
the user to assess over time the quality of the OS and the
modem that he is running? Could this become a trend --
just install this update, we are not telling you what it
is, trust us -- in the future?
Does anyone have any insight into this situation or
thoughts about this?
Thanks.
George