Missing Critical Updates - why?

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Hi

I am running XP Pro (SP3) -- what I thought was fully patched (as of
yesterday).

I came across a program called 'Windows Vulnerability Scanner' (v 1.38).

When I ran it, it came up with 3 missing 'critical' patches, all of
which a genuine

- KB956844 (MS09-046)
- KB973908 (MS09-037)
- KB967340 (MS09-017)

Before I download and run these -- any idea why Windows Update would
have completely missed these?

Suplementary question - assuming my system does not need these (e.g. the
pre-conditions for these patches do not exist) would it do any harm if I
install these anyway?

Thanks for any pointers.
 
occam said:
Hi

I am running XP Pro (SP3) -- what I thought was fully patched (as of
yesterday).

I came across a program called 'Windows Vulnerability Scanner' (v 1.38).

When I ran it, it came up with 3 missing 'critical' patches, all of
which a genuine

- KB956844 (MS09-046)
- KB973908 (MS09-037)
- KB967340 (MS09-017)

Before I download and run these -- any idea why Windows Update would
have completely missed these?

Suplementary question - assuming my system does not need these (e.g. the
pre-conditions for these patches do not exist) would it do any harm if I
install these anyway?

Thanks for any pointers.
Click to expand...

It turns out all the security patches were installed. Something not
quite right with 'WinVulSca.exe'. Binned already.
 
Thanks, I'll check out those - at least the second option. I'm a bit
wary of third party stuff, after the last episode.

occam
 
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