April 10, 2018 - KB4093108 (Security-only update) Windows 7

Brds7t7 · 10 Apr 2018

Thanks Shawn!

Installed earlier and it appears to supersede KB4100480 as that one has disappeared from the update list of my 64-Bit VMs. So April's security updates must include the Total Meltdown fix.

Riley7 · 11 Apr 2018

Does the security only update always include security updates for IE 11? I have been getting the IE updates separately.

lehnerus2000 · 11 Apr 2018

Brds7t7 said:

Thanks Shawn!

Installed earlier and it appears to supersede KB4100480 as that one has disappeared from the update list of my 64-Bit VMs. So April's security updates must include the Total Meltdown fix.

It would be nice if MS released an update that replaced all of this year's broken updates.

Riley7 said:

Does the security only update always include security updates for IE 11? I have been getting the IE updates separately.

I think that you need to get IE and .NET updates separately.

hake · 11 Apr 2018

Micorsoft says "Improves reliability in the kernel, and addresses an issue that can cause applications to have unexpected memory contents on multi-processor systems."

Nothing is said about a privilege escalation issue which KB4100480 was said to deal with. Privilege escalation also applies to single-processor systems. I guess that my ancient AMD Sempron 3000+ single-core processor is susceptible to privilege escalation as much as the 8+ core beasts which roam today. What good does it do to be so vague? Why issue any information if it raises as many questions as it answers?

The problem is that I now have much diminished faith in Microsoft so I intend to backtrack and install KB4100480 and then repeat the installation of the April 2018 security rollup for Windows 7 x64. That way I can be sure.

BlueGuy · 11 Apr 2018

With nervous trepidation I applied these updates, as well as the manual one, so thank you Brink for the link.
No BSOD, so all is well, and Lady F still has my empathy for what M$ did to her machine.

Riley7 · 11 Apr 2018

lehnerus2000 said:

I think that you need to get IE and .NET updates separately.

That is what i have been doing. But in the first post there is this "security updates to Internet Explorer"

Now I am unsure about it.

Brink · 11 Apr 2018

Hello Riley, :)

Looking at the Security Update Guide below, the IE update is included in only KB4093118, and not this one.

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en...urity-guidance

April 10, 2018 - KB4093108 (Security-only update) Windows 7-guide.png

Brds7t7 · 11 Apr 2018

Riley7 said:

That is what i have been doing. But in the first post there is this "security updates to Internet Explorer"

Now I am unsure about it.

Hi Riley,

If you're going down the Windows Security-only route the IE11 updates have to be installed separately. However, unlike the Windows Security-only updates which have to be installed every month, the IE11 security updates are cumulative so you only have to install the latest package to be up to date, as it will include all the past IE security updates.

The Windows monthly rollups also include all the IE security updates.

Originally the Windows Security-only updates DID include the IE updates for the first couple of months, however MS changed this and separated them later.

MS isn't always renowned for it's accurate KB articles. Even some of the Security-only updates in the past have stated they will be delivered through Windows update, which has never been the case. So, take what they write in their articles with a pinch of salt!

Lady Fitzgerald · 11 Apr 2018

BlueGuy said:

With nervous trepidation I applied these updates, as well as the manual one, so thank you Brink for the link.
No BSOD, so all is well, and Lady F still has my empathy for what M$ did to her machine.

Thank you. I still don't trust MS any further than I can spit upwind in a class 5 hurricane so I'm through with MS updates for now if not forever.