Re: False Positive?

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"Shane" <shanebeatson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:RXFUe.1463$7p3.159@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> How long you been coming here, Noel?
>
>
> Shane
>
> Noel Paton wrote:
>> Ah - so this isn't you in another life, then?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marcus" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Newsgroups: alt.windows98
>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:07 PM
>> Subject: kb8911711
>>
>>
>>> I installed this update back in April (KB8911711) . Today I ran the
>>> XOFT security check and it identified it as a MALWARE THREAT. I
>>> removed it expecting to see it show up upon reboot in Windows
>>> update. But it isn't there, nor does it appear as an update patch
>>> for Window98SE on the Microsoft
>>> site. Seems kind of strange. Any explanation why this update turned
>>> into Malware and is no longer available?
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> "Marcus" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:DISdndW2ndC4jL7eRVn-rg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> No...........this is a new issue........what are you thinking of?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:dfv2gv$8nh$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Marcus" <sashago@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:cpadnYoZEdliZL_eRVn-jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> XOFT suddenly finds a windows security update (KB891711) as a
>>>> Malware Threat. It calls it a randomly named file....C Windows
>>>> system: KB891711 \ KB891711. When I remove it it no longer is on
>>>> the msconfig startup menu, which it needs to be. It remains in
>>>> Windows system. So I removed and reinstalled the update but XOFT
>>>> still identifies it as a threat.
>>>>
>>>> So which is the greater threat? Removing the security update.....or
>>>> ignoring
>>>> XOFT's suggestion that it is a threat.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
>>>
>>> we've already been through this elsewhere, Marcus - didn't you like
>>> the answers you got then?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>>>
>>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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>>>
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>>>
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