Blaster Worm Update

[Pete Q]

I just did a "Windows Update" screen on my machine and
came up with several "critical" updates that required
attention.

I updated my machine with the following:

Update Rollup 1 for XP
330994
824145
828035
825119
826939
824105
823182

I noticed that the security patch for the Blaster virus
is 823980. However, this was not included in the
recommended updates for my machine. Likewise, I checked
what was included in "update Rollup 1" and this
particular update (823980) is not included.

I subsequently ran another Windows update on my machine
and it came back with "no critical updates" needing to be
added.

I am a bit concerned and don't understand why 823980
would not have shown up as being needed particularly if
it weren't included in the other updates.

Should I try to install 823980 anyway? Will Windows stop
me from installing if it detects it was already
installed? I just wanted to make sure that I was not
going to cause more problems by trying to installs
something that wasn't being shown as needed, particularly
if it may somehow already be on my machine.

However, I don't think the latter is true since I also
checked the history for what has been updated and did not
find 823980 included.

Any input would be appreciated

Thanks!

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:11:48 -0800, Pete Q wrote:

> I just did a "Windows Update" screen on my machine and
> came up with several "critical" updates that required
> attention.
>
> I updated my machine with the following:
>
> Update Rollup 1 for XP
> 330994
> 824145
> 828035
> 825119
> 826939
> 824105
> 823182
>
> I noticed that the security patch for the Blaster virus
> is 823980. However, this was not included in the
> recommended updates for my machine. Likewise, I checked
> what was included in "update Rollup 1" and this
> particular update (823980) is not included.
>
> I subsequently ran another Windows update on my machine
> and it came back with "no critical updates" needing to be
> added.
>
> I am a bit concerned and don't understand why 823980
> would not have shown up as being needed particularly if
> it weren't included in the other updates.
>
> Should I try to install 823980 anyway? Will Windows stop
> me from installing if it detects it was already
> installed? I just wanted to make sure that I was not
> going to cause more problems by trying to installs
> something that wasn't being shown as needed, particularly
> if it may somehow already be on my machine.
>
> However, I don't think the latter is true since I also
> checked the history for what has been updated and did not
> find 823980 included.
>
> Any input would be appreciated
>
> Thanks!

Check the contents of the Update Rollup again. 823980 is fifth position in
the list of included patches:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826939

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User