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Here's my list of 99 "Bad KB's" for Windows 7. The attachment is a text file with comments for about half of them.
947821 2823324 2999226 3054464 3075853 3084905 3107998 3138615
949810 2840149 3012973 3058168 3078405 3086255 3112336 3139921
958559 2876229 3014460 3060746 3078667 3088195 3112343 3139923
971033 2882822 3015249 3064683 3080042 3090045 3118401 3139929
976932 2902907 3021917 3065987 3080149 3092627 3121260 3146449
2454826 2922324 3022345 3065988 3080800 3093983 3123862 3150513
2505438 2923545 3029606 3068707 3081437 3099834 3124280 3167679
2506928 2952664 3035583 3068708 3081454 3100956 3125574 3173040
2545698 2970228 3042058 3072318 3081954 3102429 3126030
2592687 2976978 3044374 3074677 3083324 3102810 3134815
2660075 2977759 3046480 3074683 3083325 3102812 3135445
2670838 2990214 3050265 3075249 3083710 3103696 3135449
2726535 2994023 3050267 3075851 3083711 3103699 3138612
The convenience rollup kb 3125574 (which I list as "bad") contains the following "bad KB's" that are in the above list:
2660075 2970228 3075249 3092627
2726535 2994023 3078667 3102429
2882822 2999226 3080149 3107998
2923545 3068708 3081954 3118401
If you start with a fresh install of Win-7 Ultimate 32-bit (this might apply to 64-bit as well) and do not choose KB3125574 but take everything else offered by WindowsUpdate, then the following KB's will be offered to you that are on my bad list:
976932 2726535 3042058 3092627 3167679
2506928 2923545 3068708 3102429
2545698 2952664 3078667 3118401
2592687 2970228 3080149 3124280
2660075 3021917 3086255 3138612
One other note: KB3161102 will irreversibly remove the "Windows Journal" feature/function from your system. I'm not calling this a "bad" kb because of the relative lack of use of that feature and it's well documented troubles as being exploitable by malware. If you use Windows Journal, then put 3161102 on your bad list.
Bottom line: If you avoid the 99 KB's in my bad list, then there are a total of 278 "good" KB's that you might or should want to download (or roll into an install image). This includes 107 KB's in the convenience rollup, some of which may not be offered to you through a WU session but instead would have to be downloaded and installed manually. There is one exception: KB2670838. It's called an "Evil update" but it is one of a handful of necessary KB's you need to update the system to IE 9 or higher.
Last edited by SummGuy; 25 Aug 2016 at 08:29.