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Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death
Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Feb 11, 2010 9:01 am http://www.pcworld.com/article/18911...nl_dnx_h_crawl Tuesday's security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), users have reported on the company's support forum. Complaints began early yesterday, and gained momentum throughout the day. "I updated 11 Windows XP updates today and restarted my PC like it asked me to," said a user identified as "tansenroy" who kicked off a growing support thread . "From then on, Windows cannot restart again! It is stopping at the blue screen with the following message: 'A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.'" Others joined in with similar reports. "There is something seriously wrong with the update. I can't even open in safe mode," said "Ghellow," referring to Windows diagnostic mode that's often a last- chance way to boot a PC. "I am not very happy with Microsoft as I got to work this morning to find my helpdesk flooded with messages that the PC has the famous Blue Screen," said "brawfab." "I had to go to work and use my Mac to get online to find out what is going on with the XP updates last night," complained "moosewalk" on the same thread. "I am this much closer to switching over to a Mac for good." The support thread, which was first noticed by security blogger Brian Krebs , contained more than 120 messages as of early Thursday, making it the third-longest on the Windows Update support forum. The thread had been viewed more than 2,800 times since its inception. Several users posted solutions, but the one laid out by "maxyimus" was marked by a Microsoft support engineer as the way out of the perpetual blue screens. To regain control of their PCs, users were told to boot from their Windows XP installation disc, launch the Recovery Console and enter a series of commands. Unfortunately, that left netbook users out of luck, since most of the lightweight, inexpensive laptops lack an optical drive, and so can't boot from an XP installation disc. "Are there any fixes for netbooks, or am I essentially screwed for the time being?" asked "HimDen." Several users tentatively identified the MS10-015 update as the one which triggered the BSOD, and claimed that uninstalling that security fix -- which was labeled as KB977165 -- returned their PC to working condition. MS10-015 , one of 13 security updates Microsoft issued Tuesday, patched a 17-year-old kernel bug in all 32-bit versions of Windows. The vulnerability went public three weeks ago when a Google engineer disclosed the bug and posted proof-of-concept attack code. This was not the first time that a Microsoft update has incapacitated Windows PCs. Two years ago, a set of updates for Vista sent an unknown number of machines into an endless series of reboots . Similar problems stymied users who tried to upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) in May 2008, and others attempting to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 last October. Microsoft was not immediately available for comment early Thursday. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld . Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer , send e-mail to or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . Read more about windows and linux pcs in Computerworld's Windows and Linux PCs Knowledge Center. |
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Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death
"Ablang" wrote in message ... Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Feb 11, 2010 9:01 am http://www.pcworld.com/article/18911...nl_dnx_h_crawl snip If you had done any research at all, you would have found out that it's not the fault of the update. The BSOD's are caused by the fact that the PC's affected were already infected with a rootkit. The BSOD is caused by the rootkit, not the update. That article is old news already, even if it is only a week old. -- SC Tom |
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Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death
Wake up and do some research....there's been a lot more news on this
since that article you linked The issue was not with the patch, but due to the fact that the affected computers were infected with a TDSS rootkit variant. I had one in my shop the next day that I was sure was clean, and it turned out to have an infected atapi.sys Here are a couple of links to "catch you up": Tidserv and MS10-015 | Symantec Connect - http://www.symantec.com/connect/blog...v-and-ms10-015 Rootkit Authors Issue Patch For Critical Bug - http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch...e_patch_fo.php -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ "Ablang" wrote in message ... Windows Patch Leaves XP Users With Blue Screen of Death Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Feb 11, 2010 9:01 am http://www.pcworld.com/article/18911...nl_dnx_h_crawl Tuesday's security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), users have reported on the company's support forum. Complaints began early yesterday, and gained momentum throughout the day. "I updated 11 Windows XP updates today and restarted my PC like it asked me to," said a user identified as "tansenroy" who kicked off a growing support thread . "From then on, Windows cannot restart again! It is stopping at the blue screen with the following message: 'A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.'" Others joined in with similar reports. "There is something seriously wrong with the update. I can't even open in safe mode," said "Ghellow," referring to Windows diagnostic mode that's often a last- chance way to boot a PC. "I am not very happy with Microsoft as I got to work this morning to find my helpdesk flooded with messages that the PC has the famous Blue Screen," said "brawfab." "I had to go to work and use my Mac to get online to find out what is going on with the XP updates last night," complained "moosewalk" on the same thread. "I am this much closer to switching over to a Mac for good." The support thread, which was first noticed by security blogger Brian Krebs , contained more than 120 messages as of early Thursday, making it the third-longest on the Windows Update support forum. The thread had been viewed more than 2,800 times since its inception. Several users posted solutions, but the one laid out by "maxyimus" was marked by a Microsoft support engineer as the way out of the perpetual blue screens. To regain control of their PCs, users were told to boot from their Windows XP installation disc, launch the Recovery Console and enter a series of commands. Unfortunately, that left netbook users out of luck, since most of the lightweight, inexpensive laptops lack an optical drive, and so can't boot from an XP installation disc. "Are there any fixes for netbooks, or am I essentially screwed for the time being?" asked "HimDen." Several users tentatively identified the MS10-015 update as the one which triggered the BSOD, and claimed that uninstalling that security fix -- which was labeled as KB977165 -- returned their PC to working condition. MS10-015 , one of 13 security updates Microsoft issued Tuesday, patched a 17-year-old kernel bug in all 32-bit versions of Windows. The vulnerability went public three weeks ago when a Google engineer disclosed the bug and posted proof-of-concept attack code. This was not the first time that a Microsoft update has incapacitated Windows PCs. Two years ago, a set of updates for Vista sent an unknown number of machines into an endless series of reboots . Similar problems stymied users who tried to upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) in May 2008, and others attempting to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 last October. Microsoft was not immediately available for comment early Thursday. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld . Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer , send e-mail to or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . Read more about windows and linux pcs in Computerworld's Windows and Linux PCs Knowledge Center. |
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