potential security flaw

[anon]

I get the message: This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
Would you like to continue. yes/no.

Why do I get this when I try to open a folder that is EMPTY? (The folder is
the temporary internet files.)

 

[Joe]

I get the message: This page has an unspecified potential security flaw.
Would you like to continue. yes/no.

Why do I get this when I try to open a folder that is EMPTY? (The folder
is the temporary internet files.)

Post #16 in this thread suggests it's a flaw in a Patch MS06-045 (KB921398).

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ential+security+flaw"&rnum=4#67fc1e4a8cf49095

Another post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ecurity+flaw"+explore&rnum=2#1e9e4a480072d756

The complete search where the other posts were found:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...pecified+potential+security+flaw"&qt_s=Search

 

[MAP]

A flaw in a hotfix??? Say that it isn't so! LOL
--
Mike Pawlak

Post #16 in this thread suggests it's a flaw in a Patch MS06-045
(KB921398).

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thr
ead/da0ba3e228337d01/67fc1e4a8cf49095?lnk=st&q=%22This+page+has+an+unspecifi
ed+potential+security+flaw%22&rnum=4#67fc1e4a8cf49095

Another post:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm
/thread/1732910e69930d09/1e9e4a480072d756?lnk=st&q=%22This+page+has+an+unspe
cified+potential+security+flaw%22+explore&rnum=2#1e9e4a480072d756

The complete search where the other posts were found:

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q="This+page+has+an+unspecified+pot
ential+security+flaw%22&qt_s=Search

 

[anon]

Thanks - that was it.

I had previously installed and removed this patch and somehow it got
installed again - causing the problem.

Maybe MS should 'fix' that patch so it does not cause the useless error
message and remove the old patch from the list of 'updates'.

Thanks again.

I had removed this patch previously and someho

 

[anon]

I'm back again-

I have removed the offending patch several times and it keeps getting
reinstalled.

When I click on the 'updates are available' icon I always click custom
install and remove the check mark for that patch and click on the rest of
the boxes to close that window.

Somehow it keeps getting reinstalled.

Any suggestions??

 

[Elmo]

I'm back again-

I have removed the offending patch several times and it keeps getting
reinstalled.

When I click on the 'updates are available' icon I always click custom
install and remove the check mark for that patch and click on the rest
of the boxes to close that window.

Somehow it keeps getting reinstalled.

Any suggestions??

The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..

 

[anon]

The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..

I read all the Google posts but none addressed the automatic reinstallation.

I guess that I will just have to keep a better eye on the patch list.

Thanks anyway - (mainly thanks for the heads up of the cause of the error
[the kb...].)

 

[Elmo]

The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..

I read all the Google posts but none addressed the automatic
reinstallation.

I guess that I will just have to keep a better eye on the patch list.

Thanks anyway - (mainly thanks for the heads up of the cause of the
error [the kb...].)

Actually I meant for you to look past the patch for another solution.
But this post suggests a way to keep the patch from reinstalling.. you'd
have to adjust accordingly; look for a registry reference to 921398, I
guess.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...+reinstalls+itself+xp&rnum=4#a7f08a8978c79b04

 

[anon]

anon wrote:
I'm back again-

I have removed the offending patch several times and it keeps getting
reinstalled.

When I click on the 'updates are available' icon I always click custom
install and remove the check mark for that patch and click on the rest
of the boxes to close that window.

Somehow it keeps getting reinstalled.

Any suggestions??

anon wrote:
I get the message: This page has an unspecified potential security
flaw. Would you like to continue. yes/no.

Why do I get this when I try to open a folder that is EMPTY? (The
folder is the temporary internet files.)

Post #16 in this thread suggests it's a flaw in a Patch MS06-045
(KB921398).

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ential+security+flaw"&rnum=4#67fc1e4a8cf49095

Another post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ecurity+flaw"+explore&rnum=2#1e9e4a480072d756

The complete search where the other posts were found:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...pecified+potential+security+flaw"&qt_s=Search

The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..

I read all the Google posts but none addressed the automatic
reinstallation.

I guess that I will just have to keep a better eye on the patch list.

Thanks anyway - (mainly thanks for the heads up of the cause of the error
[the kb...].)

Actually I meant for you to look past the patch for another solution. But
this post suggests a way to keep the patch from reinstalling.. you'd have
to adjust accordingly; look for a registry reference to 921398, I guess.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...+reinstalls+itself+xp&rnum=4#a7f08a8978c79b04

Read that over - lots of good information - thanks.

When the patch IS installed, there should be a registry entry for it.

When I uninstall the patch, there should be NO registry entry for it -
right??

Are you saying that I can dummy a registry entry saying the patch IS
installed when it really is NOT installed - is that likely to cause any
peripheral error/damage to the OS?

Sounds like the dummy WOULD prevent the patch from being installed again -
which would cure MY problem.

Comments???

 

[Elmo]

anon wrote:
I'm back again-

I have removed the offending patch several times and it keeps
getting reinstalled.

When I click on the 'updates are available' icon I always click
custom install and remove the check mark for that patch and click
on the rest of the boxes to close that window.

Somehow it keeps getting reinstalled.

Any suggestions??

anon wrote:
I get the message: This page has an unspecified potential
security flaw. Would you like to continue. yes/no.

Why do I get this when I try to open a folder that is EMPTY? (The
folder is the temporary internet files.)

Post #16 in this thread suggests it's a flaw in a Patch MS06-045
(KB921398).

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ential+security+flaw"&rnum=4#67fc1e4a8cf49095


Another post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ecurity+flaw"+explore&rnum=2#1e9e4a480072d756


The complete search where the other posts were found:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...pecified+potential+security+flaw"&qt_s=Search


The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..


I read all the Google posts but none addressed the automatic
reinstallation.

I guess that I will just have to keep a better eye on the patch list.

Thanks anyway - (mainly thanks for the heads up of the cause of the
error [the kb...].)

Actually I meant for you to look past the patch for another solution.
But this post suggests a way to keep the patch from reinstalling..
you'd have to adjust accordingly; look for a registry reference to
921398, I guess.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...+reinstalls+itself+xp&rnum=4#a7f08a8978c79b04

Read that over - lots of good information - thanks.

When the patch IS installed, there should be a registry entry for it.

When I uninstall the patch, there should be NO registry entry for it -
right??

Are you saying that I can dummy a registry entry saying the patch IS
installed when it really is NOT installed - is that likely to cause any
peripheral error/damage to the OS?

Sounds like the dummy WOULD prevent the patch from being installed again
- which would cure MY problem.

Comments?

After looking at the files that are updated, I doubt you should try that
at all: shell32.dll and xpsp3res.dll You should probably look for
another solution, or look for the cause of its re-installation.

 

[anon]

anon wrote:

anon wrote:
I'm back again-

I have removed the offending patch several times and it keeps getting
reinstalled.

When I click on the 'updates are available' icon I always click
custom install and remove the check mark for that patch and click on
the rest of the boxes to close that window.

Somehow it keeps getting reinstalled.

Any suggestions??

anon wrote:
I get the message: This page has an unspecified potential security
flaw. Would you like to continue. yes/no.

Why do I get this when I try to open a folder that is EMPTY? (The
folder is the temporary internet files.)

Post #16 in this thread suggests it's a flaw in a Patch MS06-045
(KB921398).

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ential+security+flaw"&rnum=4#67fc1e4a8cf49095

Another post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ecurity+flaw"+explore&rnum=2#1e9e4a480072d756

The complete search where the other posts were found:
http://groups.google.com/groups/sea...pecified+potential+security+flaw"&qt_s=Search

The last link above will let you continue the search for other
suggestions. I don't know what else you might try..


I read all the Google posts but none addressed the automatic
reinstallation.

I guess that I will just have to keep a better eye on the patch list.

Thanks anyway - (mainly thanks for the heads up of the cause of the
error [the kb...].)

Actually I meant for you to look past the patch for another solution.
But this post suggests a way to keep the patch from reinstalling.. you'd
have to adjust accordingly; look for a registry reference to 921398, I
guess.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...+reinstalls+itself+xp&rnum=4#a7f08a8978c79b04

Read that over - lots of good information - thanks.

When the patch IS installed, there should be a registry entry for it.

When I uninstall the patch, there should be NO registry entry for it -
right??

Are you saying that I can dummy a registry entry saying the patch IS
installed when it really is NOT installed - is that likely to cause any
peripheral error/damage to the OS?

Sounds like the dummy WOULD prevent the patch from being installed
again - which would cure MY problem.

Comments?

After looking at the files that are updated, I doubt you should try that
at all: shell32.dll and xpsp3res.dll You should probably look for
another solution, or look for the cause of its re-installation.

That was my feeling too- there is too much interaction between the OS and
the registry to 'dummy' something strange into the registry.

The only thing that I can figure is that somehow the checkmark stayed in the
download this box when I clicked close.

Thanks again for the clarification.