Win XP Security updates for 2022 ?

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Win XP Security updates for 2022 ?

#1 Post by __philippe »

A slew of 40 Win XP Security updates turned up on 16JAN22, ready to install on my ancient Win XP machine... :shock:

Are these "The Genuine Articles ? ... :roll:

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__philippe wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:41 am A slew of 40 Win XP Security updates turned up on 16JAN22, ready to install on my ancient Win XP machine... :shock:

Are these "The Genuine Articles ? ... :roll:
I did a quick search for the top issue described and couldn't find anything. I wouldn't think that MS would spend any more energy on XP, especially during their push for another OS. But I guess it's entirely possible for something to to get through if they don't take much engineer effort to get them posted e.g. simple file updates. As far as legitimacy, I can't imagine someone getting malicious updates into that update process but I guess it's possible.

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Surprising that XP is still getting updates! I got rid of my last Windows XP laptop about a year and a half ago.
is it stealth? ;)

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#4 Post by __philippe »

webfork wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:52 am
... As far as legitimacy, I can't imagine someone getting malicious updates into that update process but I guess it's possible.
@webfork Thanks for looking up this mystifier !

Hope you are right about this phantom Security Updates bona fide legitimacy,
discarding the conjecture of an improbable plot to push malicious updates on a poor old unsuspecting XP machine...

...especially considering the bloody thing eventually installed itself anyway without asking... :x

No adverse effect detected so far, fingers crossed... :roll:

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#5 Post by freakazoid »

A quick search for the first update (KB2296011) says that this is from 2010:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.co ... 78741fd42d

Maybe you never updated your Windows XP install in many years? Or perhaps you recently added that old registry hack to get XP Embedded updates?
is it stealth? ;)

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#6 Post by __philippe »

@freakazoid

Checking the XP machine KB* logs, I find the last "out-of-support" Security Update officially released 09MAY2019 was KB4500331, duly applied 16MAY2019.
Before that, there are about 10 other KBxxx, all applied in 2017.

BTW, I never installed the registry hack to get XP Embedded support on the sly...maybe I should have ?... :wink:

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__philippe wrote: BTW, I never installed the registry hack to get XP Embedded support on the sly...maybe I should have ?...
I would have -- one way or the other, you paid for it and it's not like it's being actively supported...

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Last official update for Windows XP was February 10, 2014, according to the official Microsoft Update Catalog. IMHO, __philippe found bogus updates.

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#9 Post by __philippe »

Mixture wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:38 pm Last official update for Windows XP was February 10, 2014, according to the official Microsoft Update Catalog. IMHO, __philippe found bogus updates.
Not quite, by a long shot, my dear Mixture: :P

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.co ... =KB4500331

KB4500331
was an emergency, out-of-support-period, official Win XP SP3 critical Security Update released 09-MAY-2019

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