Windows Update necessities

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Curt Christianson

Good evening all,

I've just gone through WU, and it listed 64 "High Priority" updates I
needed. I always use the "Custom" method, rather than the "Express" method
of d/l these. I ended taking 61 of the 64 offered. My question to you more
learned than I (that makes most everyone <g>), is:

1) IE7--I'm a little hesitant on this one as all the bugs don't seem to be
worked out.
2) Windows Malicious Software Tool (KB890830). I maintain an up-to-date AV,
run AdAware, Spybot S&D. Am happy to report no viruses of malware except
cookies and MRU lists. Should I be installing this also?

3) Lastly there is MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978). I have *no*
idea what this pertains to, so again--do I need it?

AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest me,
so I don't think I need that either.

Oh please computer gurus help me. For each correct answer, I will be more
than willing to send each a copy of the EICAR test virus for your machine.
(Really legit, I'd *never* send a real virus.)
Wish I could offer more, but that's it.

Many TIA,
 
Curt Christianson said:
Good evening all,

I've just gone through WU, and it listed 64 "High Priority" updates I
needed. I always use the "Custom" method, rather than the "Express"
method of d/l these. I ended taking 61 of the 64 offered. My question to
you more learned than I (that makes most everyone <g>), is:

1) IE7--I'm a little hesitant on this one as all the bugs don't seem to
be worked out. Me neither.
2) Windows Malicious Software Tool (KB890830). I maintain an up-to-date
AV, run AdAware, Spybot S&D. Am happy to report no viruses of malware
except cookies and MRU lists. Should I be installing this also?
Click to expand...
Why not? It doesn't take long to run anyway.
3) Lastly there is MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978). I have *no*
idea what this pertains to, so again--do I need it?
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Cures a security issue with XML. I believe so.
AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest
me, so I don't think I need that either.

Oh please computer gurus help me. For each correct answer, I will be more
than willing to send each a copy of the EICAR test virus for your machine.
(Really legit, I'd *never* send a real virus.)
Wish I could offer more, but that's it.

Many TIA,
Click to expand...
Jim
 
For security and other patches released for a given month :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms##-***.mspx
Replace ## with the two-digit year
Replace *** with the three character month abbreviation

Providing there are releases for that month, you will see the list of "critical"
"important" patches for that month
Check on the 2nd Tuesday of each month - later in the day.

For just the current listing:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-071.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-071
Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...14-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca&DisplayLang=en
Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP

Before you install IE, make sure you read the release notes:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/aa740486.aspx

Not intended to be a substitute for your anti virus software.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx



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==================================
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| Good evening all,
|
| I've just gone through WU, and it listed 64 "High Priority" updates I
| needed. I always use the "Custom" method, rather than the "Express" method
| of d/l these. I ended taking 61 of the 64 offered. My question to you more
| learned than I (that makes most everyone <g>), is:
|
| 1) IE7--I'm a little hesitant on this one as all the bugs don't seem to be
| worked out.
| 2) Windows Malicious Software Tool (KB890830). I maintain an up-to-date AV,
| run AdAware, Spybot S&D. Am happy to report no viruses of malware except
| cookies and MRU lists. Should I be installing this also?
|
| 3) Lastly there is MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978). I have *no*
| idea what this pertains to, so again--do I need it?
|
| AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
| want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest me,
| so I don't think I need that either.
|
| Oh please computer gurus help me. For each correct answer, I will be more
| than willing to send each a copy of the EICAR test virus for your machine.
| (Really legit, I'd *never* send a real virus.)
| Wish I could offer more, but that's it.
|
| Many TIA,
|
|
 
I will check each of those out.

Thank you TaurArian !

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Curt BD-MVBT
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http://www.aumha.org/
TaurArian said:
For security and other patches released for a given month :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms##-***.mspx
Replace ## with the two-digit year
Replace *** with the three character month abbreviation

Providing there are releases for that month, you will see the list of
"critical"
"important" patches for that month
Check on the 2nd Tuesday of each month - later in the day.

For just the current listing:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-071.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-071
Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code
Execution

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...14-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca&DisplayLang=en
Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP

Before you install IE, make sure you read the release notes:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/aa740486.aspx

Not intended to be a substitute for your anti virus software.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx



--

==================================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
==================================
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
Get Safe online: http://www.getsafeonline.org/
(Links to web pages and MSKB Articles are posted for the purposes of
keeping the
information current)


| Good evening all,
|
| I've just gone through WU, and it listed 64 "High Priority" updates I
| needed. I always use the "Custom" method, rather than the "Express"
method
| of d/l these. I ended taking 61 of the 64 offered. My question to you
more
| learned than I (that makes most everyone <g>), is:
|
| 1) IE7--I'm a little hesitant on this one as all the bugs don't seem to
be
| worked out.
| 2) Windows Malicious Software Tool (KB890830). I maintain an up-to-date
AV,
| run AdAware, Spybot S&D. Am happy to report no viruses of malware
except
| cookies and MRU lists. Should I be installing this also?
|
| 3) Lastly there is MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978). I have
*no*
| idea what this pertains to, so again--do I need it?
|
| AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
| want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest
me,
| so I don't think I need that either.
|
| Oh please computer gurus help me. For each correct answer, I will be
more
| than willing to send each a copy of the EICAR test virus for your
machine.
| (Really legit, I'd *never* send a real virus.)
| Wish I could offer more, but that's it.
|
| Many TIA,
|
|
Click to expand...
 
Good evening all,

I've just gone through WU, and it listed 64 "High Priority" updates I
needed. I always use the "Custom" method, rather than the "Express"
method of d/l these. I ended taking 61 of the 64 offered. My question to
you more learned than I (that makes most everyone <g>), is:

1) IE7--I'm a little hesitant on this one as all the bugs don't seem to
be worked out.
2) Windows Malicious Software Tool (KB890830). I maintain an up-to-date
AV, run AdAware, Spybot S&D. Am happy to report no viruses of malware
except cookies and MRU lists. Should I be installing this also?

3) Lastly there is MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978). I have *no*
idea what this pertains to, so again--do I need it?

AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest
me, so I don't think I need that either.

Oh please computer gurus help me. For each correct answer, I will be more
than willing to send each a copy of the EICAR test virus for your machine.
(Really legit, I'd *never* send a real virus.)
Wish I could offer more, but that's it.
Click to expand...

Some like IE7, some don't. It is more secure than IE7 but there are a whole
passel of posts about problems with it, though I don't know if it's any
worse than when SP2 came out and folks had a hard time upgrading because of
malware on the system or other problems. Bottom line is it's up to you.
You might want to look around a bit on the internet explorer newsgroup where
IE7 posts go for a flavor of it.

The Malicious software tool is a one shot deal. Either the system is clean
or not for those bugs it detects. It does not install anything or run
continuously. A new, updated one, comes out each month. There's no harm in
running it that I know of.

The MSXML is a security update. I would recommend installing it but as
TaurArian indicated it's not a bad idea to look at the security bulletin for
it (or any of the security updates) to get more info.

WMP11 - some like it, some hate it. I don't use it. I have no compelling
reason to do so.
 
Curt said:
[snip]
AS far as the Software Updates, I didn't take any. I don't know if I
want/need WMP11, or if my machine can handle it. .NET does not interest me,
so I don't think I need that either.
[snip]
Click to expand...

A peripheral matter: Windows Media Player v11.
I installed WMP11 a couple of days back. On the whole, it seems to be
very good, although it required enabling certain Windows "services"
(e.g. DCOM) that I had kept disabled. (Error messages were found in the
Event Viewer).
I shall appreciate getting the opinion of experts.
 
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