The service is started and automatic, was automatic (Delayed) but changed that - no difference.
I did receive 3 updates yesterday but Belarc Advisor states I'm short of 11 critical updates.
I believe it as I just installed Office and no updates are being offered.
Maybe the servers are down.
I hope using Timernuke to get around the activation issue hasn't caused this.
GRRRRRR
Last edited by Ex_Brit; 10 Dec 2008 at 12:39.
This happened to me too while I had some installations running on the background.
I guess it's either this, or at the same time windows automatic update was running, and it just fails to notify you of that.
After all my installations were finished, or after a restart, I don't remember, the Windows Update worked fine.
Regards
Nothing helping
Any suggestions? Please help... I don't want to reinstall NTB again
// I¨'m just figure how to help myself... for anyone who will take this code, just disable all functions of Windows update, restart and allow all of them, it helped me.. the newest build has problem with Office update...
Last edited by johngalt; 18 Dec 2008 at 19:46.
First of all, please don't bump posts - especially when they are only 30 minutes old. I merged your two posts into one.
Second, you have provided us with no information at all - we need details to answer a question.
For example - give me suggestions to try when your car won't start....
You can probably name 5 or 6 off the top of your head, but a skilled mechanic can take that and make it a list of 25 or 30 things *easily*.
There could be one reason. I think I can say openly that most of the members have obtained their download from sources other than Microsoft? One of thos sources, is sending malware tucked into the System32 folder.
(W32.Sober-A, see thread https://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/973-w32-sober-conhost-exe.html One of its malevolent functions is to attach itself to your email folders and send you Email after replicating certain things it may find in there.
If you received the Update notification via Email, rather than through the update notification, then that is probably what has happened.
I dont know how it could have happened, but one of my family had it jump across from Windows 7 to his other installation, Windows XP. Maybe the malware is also attacking other OS's now. He is an IT manager and was suspicious that the Email was addressed to him by full name, and was from Microsoft@newsletters.microsoft.com, to which he does not subscribe. Impulsively, he still went to the link - Boom!
He tried a few tricks to rid it but in the end he removed 7 and put his XP saved image back on the computer.
I think it is only in 6956 downloads.
Whether or not one can still get future updates, remains to be seen.
I have had a look at the page http://www.microsoft.com/protect/secnews/default.mspx
and could see no such security bulletin
Last edited by davehc; 19 Dec 2008 at 01:14.
actually there are no references that are in the sober worm in there
but the main thing is that the MS software malicious tool or windows defender detected it..
he must have been messing around...
there is no other explanation other than he was disabling some services or unnistalling some updates (office)
W7 is very picky about updates
i uninstalled one update restarted and then after it wouldnt check for any....
it would give me some errors....
as for his solution i think he disabled the services (BITS and Windows Update service)
Last edited by darkassain; 19 Dec 2008 at 01:39.
Sorry. I am not quite clear on your post, darkassain?
I used my Vista RC 1 key instead of any activation bypassing methods....maybe that is why I never had update issues?
dave - you're replying to the OP (or, at the very least, referring to him). Dark is replying the KillerNik - or at the very least, referring to him.
yes you are right i was reffering to him
@david there is no dectected worm in conhost other than spybot S&D
Virustotal. MD5: 05f88bf36b0cdd276cc0b6ad9554b397
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