ms updates

[sobranie]

Last ms updates (automatic official) have been seen by Commodo firewall as trojans by some people I know. Note, this was not in response to an email purported to have come from ms. Will have more info tomorrow re. infection when I view an infected 'puter.    Anyone else pls?

[Rik]

Not an issue here, So. (But I don't do automatic...)

[MoHux]

  It probably just needs configuring, to allow the updates.

It is just about the most configerable firewall i've seen.  Especially for a freebie!

Mo



P.S. I had 8 Vista updates - and - 7 XP updates this week - no word from Comodo yet about Trojans. 

[sobranie]

It probably just needs configuring probably, to allow the updates.

Configs should be OK 'cos I did them. This 'Trojan' activity only occurred this week but will now wait till I get hands on.

[MoHux]

 

Mo

[Niall]

It probably just needs configuring, to allow the updates.

It is just about the most configerable firewall i've seen.  Especially for a freebie!

Mo



P.S. I had 8 Vista updates - and - 7 XP updates this week - no word from Comodo yet about Trojans. 

What were these Vista updates? Or haven't you updated in a while? I've had 2 this week, and apart from those, maybe 4 or 5 in the last few months.

[sobranie]

Not my puter(s), can't view probs till tomorrow.

[MoHux]

What were these Vista updates? Or haven't you updated in a while? I've had 2 this week, and apart from those, maybe 4 or 5 in the last few months.

Since/including  09/04/08 I have had 10 Vista updates - two of which were Defender definitions.
The other 8 were things like the Malicious software removal tool - Several were Vista security updates - also in there was security updates for IE7 etc.

My updates are downloaded automagically - I decide when/if to install them.  So they are always up-to-date.

HTH

Mo 

[Niall]

I don't count defender as updates, as it's basically the M$ version of spywareblaster/spybot. Vista operating system updates is what I'm talking about.

I'm just trying to find out what these updates are for people. I know what the sites and downloads are saying, but I'm curious as to why people that have installed SP1 need them, when I'm using the release candidate of the service pack and the update system isn't showing anything for me other than the two updates I got the other day. One for windows live, the other for the Samsung software for my monitor.

If the updates are what M$ say, then surely they should apply to my Vista install (which I hasten to add is a 100% legal copy purchased from www.scan.co.uk) as they don't seem to be hardware based, but general security based.

[Dangerjunkie]

Could it be that these are to fix bugs that were introduced in SP1 that weren't in the release candidate? Sounds like they could have broken something when they made SP1 from the RC.

Cheers,
Paul.

[sobranie]

OK then.  Viewed 2 machines this afternoon, both crippled after supposed ms updates.
Checked out with nod32, ad aware,msconfig (progs running) and all appeared to be clear as a whiste.
Not a trace of trojan activity!!
Unusually, both machines unable to access the internet tho. everything pointed to clean connections with no X on the icons.
So, bit the bullet, took both machines back to a month or so back with sys restore &, lo and behold, internet access regained.  D/L the latest win XP updates and both machines now working well.
Make of all this what you may, I must confess I'm completely baffled but all's well that ends well I suppose.
Instructed machine owners on scrupulous vetting on all 'attachments' within emails just in case and also accidentally deleted 'recent emails' from unknown sources, purely accidental of course!!
One more machine to look at. Interestingly all machines on 1 cornish exchange and, I presume that all auto d/l's occurred at roughly the same time .... maybe a glitch???

[Rik]

maybe a glitch???

It's as good a theory as any, I suspect this will remain in the unsolved pile.

[Malc]

I suspect this will remain in the unsolved pile.

Sounds messy.