Ah well ... just shows how wrong you can be! The original poster is still
around and did read your posts - thank you.
Largely now overtaken by events.
I did eventually get rid of the rustock virus and repaired my installation
from the original CD - just short of a reinstall.
Updates now OK, and no crashes or BSOD for quite a while, but have opted out
of IE7 updates. My broadband is provided by BTYahoo who have their own
browser (an IE6 variant) which is incomptaible (at present) with IE7.
Richard
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> A few points to add to my colleague Malke's comments:
>
> The person who started this thread (Original Poster or OP) and who was
> having the problem (possibly due to a Win32/Rustock.gen!C infection; cf.
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...a61b8d82f36160)
> hasn't been heard from since mid-August 2007, so there's little chance he'll
> see your reply offering assistance.
>
> It's highly unlikely that the OP would not have been able to successfully
> install anything downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog (KB323166). And
> in any event, he needed to get Windows fixed, not just install a few
> updates.
>
> A machine infected by a W32/Rustock-variant would most likely have other
> infections (e.g., Zlob; SDBot; Vundo), all of which affect Windows, not just
> updating. Expert assistance would be required and many steps would need to
> be taken in order to get the machine clean so that updating can take place;
> e.g., http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofive...hp/t97116.html
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> Barkimmy wrote:
> > I know. But this is still an ongoing problem. If I ran across this thread
> > looking for my problem who's to say someone else couldn't as well. Would
> > this one be pulled out of the data base and never get found by query,
> > (search). Perhaps you were trying to make a different point and I
> > misunderstood you. After all, you found your way here after all this
> > time,too. I apologize if I did something inappropriate on this site. I
> > just
> > figured a thread still readable, and not fully answered, was a thread
> > still
> > open. Let me know if I was wrong. I am still new to this site.
> >
> >> [This thread is from Aug-07]
> >>
> >> Barkimmy wrote:
> >>> I believe I can help you with the failed Windows update. Apparently
> >>> this
> >>> has really become a common problem that I am sure they are working on.
> >>> The
> >>> fix is fairly easy and has been successful for me on several computers
> >>> with
> >>> the same problem, always different downloads continue to fail and the
> >>> error
> >>> codes differ. But, the problem is the same. Sometimes a Windows Update
> >>> (or
> >>> several) fail to install.
> >>>
> >>> First, go to the Windows Update site. On the left is an option to view
> >>> your
> >>> update history. There you will find any and all updates that have
> >>> failed.
> >>> Write down the KB number of the update. If you click the red button with
> >>> the
> >>> x near the word fail, you will get the error code. You may want to write
> >>> this down just in case it could lead you to a future problem.
> >>>
> >>> Then take your KB numbers to:
> >>>
> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166
> >>>
> >>> Just follow the step by step directions. It is not as hard as it sounds
> >>> and
> >>> it worked great for me several times.
> >>>
> >>> I hope this helps.
> >>>
> >>>>>>> Possibly related to this I have had major problems with updates
> >>>>>>> downloading but not installing. For a week or so I kept getting the
> >>>>>>> message that Update installer 3.1 (I think ... from memory) could
> >>>>>>> not
> >>>>>>> be installed. I Googled re this and found a workaround via regedit
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> did install the update installer, after which a number of other
> >>>>>>> updates
> >>>>>>> could be installed, but now no longer. It keeps hanging when trying
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> install IE7 (I currently have IE6), and I need to ctrl/alt/delete
> >>>>>>> out
> >>>>>>> of it. Even when I try a custom install without IE7 it still
> >>>>>>> doesn't
> >>>>>>> complete installation, and is currently frozen - I am posting this
> >>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>> another computer provided by work.
> >>>>>>> I am normally a patient man, but am sorely tempted to throw a brick
> >>>>>>> at
> >>>>>>> the computer. Some unkind colleagues have suggested I install
> >>>>>>> Linux,
> >>>>>>> but I feel I am only moderately computer literate and not really
> >>>>>>> sufficient of a nerd to do this.
> >>>>>>> Any relatively simple solutions? Or would the simplest and easiest
> >>>>>>> solution be to reinstall Windows and start again? - I have backed up
> >>>>>>> all essential files so this wouldn't be a total disaster.
> >>>>>>> HELP!
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> ====================================
> >>>>>> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
> >>>>>> ====================================
> >>>>>> How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >>>>>> Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
> >>>>>> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all
> >>>>>> may benefit.
>
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