Re: Windows Updates

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From: Old Bob (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:13:53 -0800

I removed the task in the task scheduler and set the
updates in the contol Panel-auto updates to occur at
5PM.. no update as of 5:10 so I did them manually, after
all 10 updates were downloaded and the install began, the
auto update icon in the tray appeared and said I had
updates available. Being confused, I clicked on the icon
and said to download them but that screen went away and
the (what I think) the original manual screen continued
the installation. Do you think I had the schedule for
once a day in the control panel but a varied time in the
task manager confused the issue and removing one solved
the problem. I guess I will never know until there are
more updates. Is this description of being from
Microsoft in the search for wupdmgr.exe the reason you
are confident this particular file is ligit and not
malware?

>-----Original Message-----
>Old Bob wrote:
>
>> I scanned with my updates Norton and no virus was
>> detected. I did a search for wupdmge and ther were 3
>> files . Onein C:Windows\prefetch, one in
>> c:windows/system32, one in c:windows\system32\dllcache.
>> If I right click on the last two files they say they
are
>> from Microsoft corp with a description of Windows
Update
>> manager for NT. How can these be spyware?
>>
>>
>Antivirus software will not necessarily find non-viral
malware. The file
>name you originally posted was "wupdmgr.exe", a file
that can belong to
>a variant of the Worm_Spybot. It can also be a
legitimate Windows file
>and yours apparently is. However, since your original
question was that
>you weren't able to get updates, the usual first step in
t-shooting
>Windows machines is to determine if the computer is 100%
virus and
>malware-free. Having malware on the system can
definitely cause
>problems like you described.
>
>If you feel that your computer *is* clean, then you need
to look
>elsewhere for the cause. Possibly you are trying to run
a scheduled
>task from either a Limited account or from an
Administrative account
>with a blank password. See this MS Knowledge Base
article about that:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;311119
>
>Malke
>--
>MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Elephant Boy Computers
>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>"Don't Panic!"
>.
>

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