I have a new computer security ‘suite’ and receive updates many times daily (more than 3, at least).
This is fine, but coud it be that they’re golding the lily, and some of them are phonies to make me think I’m getting great protection?
How does one determine if the updates are genuine?
Uh…that’s gilding, not golding. :smack:
Three times a day? :dubious:
Not even Microsoft puts out that many updates.
If you’ve got Windows XP, just be sure you’re running SP2 and let it handle the updates and patches on its own.
Is your software actually updating 3+ times a day, or just looking for updates that often?
When I installed my security software, the default was to go looking for updates every 5 minutes. :rolleyes:
It would help greatly if you told us the name of the security suite; there are some out there that are just spyware masquerading as utility.
I do have XP (armed with SP-1 and 2). Then just yesterday, downloaded SP-3.
But I never got so many updates so frequently as I do now - not with Norton, McAfee, or Microsoft. Which is why I asked.
The program is Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2005 and seems to be doing the job.
I also have Webroot Spy Sweeper. Their updates come in at a rate one would expect.
This one downloads and installs 3+ updates times daily.
Shite!!
It downloads and installs udpates 3+ times daily.
Is it SP-3 for the security suite or for windows? Windows XP SP-3 has not been released (and as far as I know is not currently in development).
Either way, I would definitely check for spyware.
I use PC-cillin, but just the anti-virus, not the suite. I’ve always found it to be reliable and honest. I can’t imagine that they would be sending out phony updates. That’s as sure a way to destroy a reputation as any I can think of.
I see an update maybe once a day, usually less. However, I have no idea what the other components of the suite might be doing.
You may just need to go into the settings and adjust them.
Windows XP does not have a third service pack yet, but Microsoft Office XP does have Service Pack 3, released last spring. Is this what you’re referring to, Antiochus?
Ino,
I’ve had Miscrosoft Office for years, and Office SP-3 might be what I got, but why would it taken them so long to attend to this?
But I’d almost swear the download said Windows SP-3.
I have DSL and the download took a little while - maybe 5-10 minutes. I then had to Restart the computer.
Searched at the Microsoft site for SP-3. Got zippo.
So, can anyone tell me how to check to see what I might have downloaded? I also searched for SP-3 on my system. Again, nothing.
The Office SP3 update is not automatic. You have to go to the site to download it. You also need to have your Office Program disks handy, which is one reason why they don’t do automatic update – it would download to systems that aren’t installed legitimately.
Microsoft has introduced several important security updates recently. It’s possible that, in order to update them, you need to install one or two, then restart, then install another.
I haven’t heard what you described as virus behavior, but you can go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com and do an online scan.
Using IE (instead of Netscape), I went to
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us
and clicked on “View installation history”. Among older info, up came what I downloaded and installed yesterday (2/10/05):
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2005 (KB890830)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885250)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113)
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB867282)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873333)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890047)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB886903)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.0 SP3, English (KB886906)
Looking at the monitor while the download was in progress, I pointed to the SP-3 notation on the screen and remarked to my wife how I had downloaded SP-2 despite admonitions from some computer whizzes (and I don’t mean that perjoratively), and it worked, “… and look, Betty, here comes SP-3!”
Swear to god.
Anyone else get these updates?
OK, you got SP3 for version 1.0 of the .NET Framework. Presumably it’s needed in order to install version 1.1 and its SP1. Not everyone’s going to have this as not everyone installs .NET
Could be worse. Yesterday, I was asked to help someone update their home laptop. It had been so long since any updates that the update installer hadn’t been installed. :eek: I stopped counting after 19 critical updates and three reboots were needed.
It will come as no surprise to you that I don’t know what .NET Framework is or what it’s for.
If you’d care to explain, I’d appreciate it.
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a huge number of updates for XP. My machines seemed to download them at three separate times rather than all at once. My guess is that it was a bandwidth thing.
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+releases+critical+patches/2100-1002_3-5568203.html?tag=nl
Evidently, it’s something you don’t need and can ignore. From Microsoft:
.NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services…
In less florid terms, it’s a programming and development environment, also known as a software development kit.
That you gotpasswords - and everyone else who contributed in this thread - for all you inputs.
That’s not quite true. Many applications developed using the .Net development tools require the .Net framework on the client PC to run. Most of them include it on the CD, or go out and download it (with your permission) upon installation. Similar to the old Visual Basic “runtime” files, but much larger and more powerful.