Re: Windows Updates

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:16:18 -0800

Old Bob wrote:

> 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?

Just set your computer to automatically download the updates and inform
you when they're ready instead of setting a time. See if that works.

Yes, since your wupdmgr.exe is from MS and you have a current version AV
in force, you are probably fine. It never hurts to scan regularly with
Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy (both free, get them from
www.majorgeeks.com), either.

Malke 

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