Security Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (KB973924)
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From: Paul Calcagno on 13 Feb 2010 07:59 I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on an Acer Desktop with SP2, all WU's current, 2 GB RAM, CCleaner, SAS, MBAM and Avira. System's working just fine. Yesterday I got 2 new WU's, one of them being KB973924, a security update for MS Visual C++2008 Redistributable pkg (the other one is WinDefender definitions update). The publish date on KB973924 is August 2009. My question is why am I now getting this update offered to me at this time? And can I ignore this update without compromising my security status? Please advise is this is not the correct forum to post this question. Thanks in advance..........Paul C.
From: Paul Calcagno on 13 Feb 2010 17:56
Thanks MowGreen. Just one question: You pointed me to a security bulletin for KB978251, but that's not the one associated with MS Viscual C++ redistributable package. Was that a typo. Thanks........Paul C. "MowGreen" <mowgreen(a)nowandzen.com> wrote in message news:ueUC7cOrKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Paul, > > The update you mention is offered to systems that have Microsoft Visual > C++ installed on them. Apparently, some software was installed that > depends on Microsoft Visual C++ to run on and that's why the Security > update was not offered until now. IIRC, it's included in the Windows Live > Essentials bundle of "fluff". > > The Security Bulletin for KB978251 shows the "Aggregate Severity Rating" > as Moderate. > Please read it and decide for yourself if it needs to be installed or not: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-035.mspx > > If it were my system, I would install it. Then again, I wouldn't install > the fluff that Windows Live Essentials offers so ... > > MowGreen > ================ > *-343-* FDNY > Never Forgotten > ================ > > banthecheck.com > "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked > > > > Paul Calcagno wrote: >> I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on an Acer Desktop with SP2, all >> WU's current, 2 GB RAM, CCleaner, SAS, MBAM and Avira. System's working >> just fine. >> Yesterday I got 2 new WU's, one of them being KB973924, a security >> update for MS Visual C++2008 Redistributable pkg (the other one is >> WinDefender definitions update). The publish date on KB973924 is August >> 2009. My question is why am I now getting this update offered to me at >> this time? And can I ignore this update without compromising my security >> status? >> Please advise is this is not the correct forum to post this question. >> >> Thanks in advance..........Paul C. |