Comments on: Emergency Security Patch Issued By Microsoft

By: BARRY

BARRY — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:37:50 +0000

I CHECKED ADD / REMOVE PROGRAMS FOR THIS UPDATE AND FOUND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED ON BOTH MY DESKTOPS AND THEY ARE WORKING PERFECTLY ! ONE IS XP HOME ..OTHER IS XP PRO. NO PROBLEMS ! (:

By: detsiwt

detsiwt — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:12:09 +0000

Lots of crap to sift through here, if you google -MS08-067- the First link is a microsoft.com link and explains this issue in some detail. 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista and Server 2008 list the update as "important" and all other supported operating systems list it as "critical". I would give you the URL but you can google it almost as fast. If this is all too much for you just get a Mac or Linux based system.

By: BruceH

BruceH — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:53:58 +0000

Wow! Such universal fear and trembling! All these horrendous complaints about Windows. All this extreme anger and frustration about Vista. All this urgency about frequent critically important security patches.

Whew. As a satisfied Mac convert, I no longer suffer from this neverending steam of securiity patches. Gatesco does not repeatedly have to try–and fail–to cover my back.

If you suffer from microsofrhoids, how do you spell relief?

By: Gareth Manners

Gareth Manners — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:04:37 +0000

Ha ha ha ha (wipes tears)
Thank you for the laughs — I can't believe that some people still run windows 98 or ME…(chuckle!)You really should update!

People should really learn how to use/navigate Windows.

This patch is very real.

Thanks to PCPitstop for sending me the warning email!!

It was a cinch to upload and install – maybe those who are having trouble have it already installed or have downloaded the wrong patch by mistake…Know your computer!

If Your old OS is not in the list of patches then I assume that it is too old to be affected by this newfangled Virus! Ha ha ha

Hasta La Vista

By: Humour

Humour — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:15:53 +0000

Odd, I installed the update against XP SP3 OS install but I am unable to see the update in add-remove and/or the third part app I use for general maintenance and application install/uninstall processing.

First I enabled the AU process as I generally have this disabled and went through the auto updates process which did not show this particular fix on the list of available updates so I found this on the MS KB section and downloaded and executed it manually.

The exe unpacked itself as expected the isntall process went through OK, but I've rebooted my system 4 times now (further updates needed lol) and this does not appear on the list.

Ahh well, I'm too tired to continue now so ces't la vie!

Thanks PCP for the heads up

Hum

By: Wilma

Wilma — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:26:04 +0000

Just read this,don't know how late I am in responding to this, but wanted to let those "unbelievers" know that I work on a college campus and we got a notification to update asap from "Windows updates" a few days ago. I just checked and sure enough the add/remove on my work computerand it does have the security update/s talked about here. So, that said, it is no scam but a real threat and I strongly advise those in doubt to update immediately!

Regards,
W.Denny

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:18:38 +0000

Hey y'all, I clicked the "Show Updates" at the top and yes..it automatically downloaded on the 23 of Oct..so it's all good. Hey!! that day was my birthday..do y'all think MS gave me a birthday present?? hehehehe.

By: Tina J.

Tina J. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:24:40 +0000

FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE IT INSTALLED:
And forgive the step by step, that is for those who don't know where to look.

1. To begin, left click Start.
2. Left click Control Panel.
3. Double left click on the Add/Remove Programs box.
4. At top of that box, make sure that "Show Updates" has a check mark in it.
5. Once the list has been populated…aka…shows up, scroll clear down to the bottom and look for…
Security Update for WindowsXP KB958644. Or whichever Windows system you are running that is listed in the list of systems stated above.
6. If you do not see it listed, and have just put the check mark in the "Show Updates", you need to reboot your system; and look again.
7. If still not there, go to your regular Windows Update site; and run the Updater.
8. Check again, and if still not there; go back to the Windows Update site, and to the right hand top portion of the page; type in KB958644 in the Microsoft search engine. That will take you directly to the page explaining the security patch and tell you which systems it is for.

By: LesleyP

LesleyP — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:10:26 +0000

I have a laptop/Vista Home Premium SP1 and when I checked auto-updates, I was pleased to see that 958644 had already downloaded/installed on 24th Oct.

Many thanks
Keep up the good work.

P.S. To all you 'non-believers' out there… KB958644 is no spam, scam, or virus… this patch from Microsoft is 100% kosher, the real deal,vous comprenez mes amis? Merveilleux!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:35:11 +0000

[KB958644.log]
5.188: ================================================================================
5.188: 2008/10/24 01:00:07.171 (local)
5.188: C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\update.exe (version 6.3.13.0)
5.188: Failed To Enable SE_SHUTDOWN_PRIVILEGE
5.219: Hotfix started with following command line: -q -z -er /ParentInfo:6567d4f1108bcb43aa01cf8d7bc8e0f2
5.235: In Function GetReleaseSet, line 1240, RegQueryValueEx failed with error 0×2
8.172: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11825, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0×2
8.172: In Function TestVolatileFlag, line 11857, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0×2
8.172: —- Old Information In The Registry ——
8.172: Source:C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 3 Beta\C
8.172: Destination:
8.172: —- New Information In The Registry ——
8.172: Source:C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 3 Beta\C
8.172: Destination:
8.204: In Function GetReleaseSet, line 1240, RegQueryValueEx failed with error 0×2
8.204: SetProductTypes: InfProductBuildType=BuildType.IP
8.219: SetAltOsLoaderPath: No section uses DirId 65701; done.
8.313: DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\update_SP3GDR.inf failed
8.313: CreateUninstall = 1,Directory = C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB958644$
8.313: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102
8.344: BuildCabinetManifest: update.url absent
8.360: Starting AnalyzeComponents
8.360: AnalyzePhaseZero used 0 ticks
8.360: No c:\windows\INF\updtblk.inf file.
8.360: OEM file scan used 0 ticks
8.360: AnalyzePhaseOne: used 0 ticks
8.360: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatch analysis disabled; skipping.
8.360: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatching is disabled.
8.360: FindFirstFile c:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*
12.625: KB958644 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file is not correct.
15.719: AnalyzeForBranching used 47 ticks.
15.719: AnalyzePhaseTwo used 0 ticks
15.719: AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks
15.719: AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks
15.719: AnalyzePhaseSix used 0 ticks
15.719: AnalyzeComponents used 7359 ticks
15.719: Downloading 0 files
15.719: bPatchMode = FALSE
15.719: Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 7406 ticks
15.719: Num Ticks for invent : 7406
15.750: VerifyTargetFileSize: Unable to verify size as Source = NULL for file c:\windows\inf\HFX99.tmp
15.813: Copied file: c:\windows\inf\branches.inf
38.282: Allocation size of drive C: is 4096 bytes, free space = 23029895168 bytes
38.313: AnalyzeDiskUsage: Skipping EstimateDiskUsageForUninstall.
38.313: Drive C: free 21963MB req: 12MB w/uninstall: NOT CALCULATED.
38.313: CabinetBuild complete
38.313: Num Ticks for Cabinet build : 22594
38.313: DynamicStrings section not defined or empty.
38.407: FileInUse:: Detection disabled.
39.407: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102
39.625: Num Ticks for Backup : 1312
39.766: Num Ticks for creating uninst inf : 141
39.782: Registering Uninstall Program for -> KB958644, KB958644 , 0×0
39.782: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halaacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102
39.813: System Restore Point set.
39.891: Copied file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spmsg.dll
39.938: PFE2: Not avoiding Per File Exceptions.
40.063: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\KB958644.cat with error 0×57
40.204: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\update_SP3QFE.inf -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\update_SP3QFE.inf.
40.219: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\spuninst.exe -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\spuninst.exe.
40.235: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\spmsg.dll -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\spmsg.dll.
40.266: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\spcustom.dll -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\spcustom.dll.
40.438: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\KB958644.CAT -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\KB958644.CAT.
40.454: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\update.exe -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\update.exe.
40.454: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\updspapi.dll -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\updspapi.dll.
40.469: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\update.ver -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\update.ver.
40.516: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\updatebr.inf -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\updatebr.inf.
40.532: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\eula.txt -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\eula.txt.
40.547: ProcessSetupContentSection: PROCESS_SETUP_CONTENT_OP_INSTALL: Copied c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\update\branches.inf -> c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\update\branches.inf.
40.657: Copied file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll
41.172: Copied file (delayed): C:\WINDOWS\system32\SET9A.tmp
41.188: Copied file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllCache\netapi32.dll
41.282: Copied file: c:\windows\$hf_mig$\KB958644\SP3QFE\netapi32.dll
41.454: DoInstallation: Installing assemblies with source root path: c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download\491a2c8e1582f5cdd01f8b3da4b8ef7d\
41.454: Num Ticks for Copying files : 1688
41.485: Num Ticks for Reg update and deleting 0 size files : 31
41.516: —- Old Information In The Registry ——
41.516: Source:C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 3 Beta\C
41.516: Destination:
41.532: Source:C:\WINDOWS\system32\SET9A.tmp (5.1.2600.5694)
41.547: Destination:C:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll (5.1.2600.5512)
41.547: —- New Information In The Registry ——
41.547: Source:C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 3 Beta\C
41.547: Destination:
41.547: Source:C:\WINDOWS\system32\SET9A.tmp (5.1.2600.5694)
41.547: Destination:C:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll (5.1.2600.5512)
48.907: UpdateSpUpdSvcInf: Source [ProcessesToRunAfterReboot] section is empty; nothing to do.
48.907: IsRebootRequiredForFileQueue: At least one file operation was delayed; reboot is required.
If none are listed below, check above for delayed deletes.
48.907: IsRebootRequiredForFileQueue: c:\windows\system32\netapi32.dll was delayed; reboot is required.
48.907: DoInstallation: A reboot is required to complete the installation of one or more files.
48.907: In Function SetVolatileFlag, line 11741, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0×2
48.907: In Function SetVolatileFlag, line 11758, RegOpenKeyEx failed with error 0×2
48.907: UpdateSpUpdSvcInf: Source [ProcessesToRunAfterReboot.RebootNotRequired] section is empty; nothing to do.
48.954: RebootNecessary = 1,WizardInput = 1 , DontReboot = 1, ForceRestart = 0