Reinstalling MS Hotfix

[Stephen]

I ran Belarc Advisor. Amongst the list of MS Hotfixes one (KB901190) was
marked as failing verification. It said this needs to be reinstalled. How do
I do this?

Incidentally, shouldn't Windows Update notice if such a Hotfix isn't
properly installed?

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I ran Belarc Advisor. Amongst the list of MS Hotfixes one (KB901190) was
marked as failing verification. It said this needs to be reinstalled. How do
I do this?

Incidentally, shouldn't Windows Update notice if such a Hotfix isn't
properly installed?

That is a hotfix for a vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor.
The vulnerability only affects Korean language versions of Windows XP
or East Asian language versions that have the Korean IME enabled, and
Korean Language Office 2003 (though if you have installed the Office
2003 proofing tools then this hotfix is still required).

Windows Update can only detect if the hotfix is installed. It was
verified during install. If something has since happened, Windows
Update won't necessarily be able to detect that, though it would detect
if the hotfix had been removed.

This could also be a spurious message from Belarc.

You can manually reinstall the hotfix by downloading the appropriate
files from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-009.mspx.