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Forum Thread: False alarm on Windows XP?
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Relating to this vendor: Microsoft |
And, this specific program: Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.x |
| cvalde | False alarm on Windows XP? |
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28th Aug, 2012 07:23 |
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Ranking: 11 Posts: 22 User Since: 30th Jul, 2009 System Score: N/A Location: CL |
Hello, this is what PSI says ---START--- Program Name: Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.x Security State: Insecure Download Link: https://dl.secunia.com/SPS/MSXML_4.30.2100.0_SPS.e... Instances Found: D:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml4.dll, version: 4.20.9876.0 Last System Scan (localtime): 27. Aug 2012, 23:43 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, ---END--- I have Windows XP SP3, I have this on my system http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.as... and I have http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.as... that's the latest update I can find. How does it happen that PSI still reports a problem? MBSA 2.2 found nothing. Windows Update found nothing. Please explain if there's a problem in PSI's detection logic, because I see many threads asking for explanations about the same issue. Claudio. C. |
| cvalde | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 07:26 | ||||||||
| Score: 11 Posts: 22 User Since: 30th Jul 2009 System Score: N/A Location: CL |
I forgot to say: the download offered by Secunia doesn't work: it stalls at the beginning and it remains in this state until I cancel it. Moreover, I'm not sure this URL is for Windows XP. Thanks. Claudio. |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 08:46 | ||||||||
| Score: 10510 Posts: 8,072 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
What do U use your D drive for? If it is solely used for back up or is an OEM reinstallation partition U should create a permanent ignore rule for that drive. -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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| cvalde | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 08:58 | ||||||||
| Score: 11 Posts: 22 User Since: 30th Jul 2009 System Score: N/A Location: CL |
Hello. D is the operating system drive, so it's not wise to ignore it until I understand why PSI is nitpicking. Thanks. |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 09:33 | ||||||||
| Score: 10510 Posts: 8,072 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
If that is your main operating system then I fail to see why PSI is nit picking. It has found this file on that drive: D:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml4.dll, version: 4.20.9876.0 To be secure it should be version 4.30.2114.0 If,as suggested by you, this up to date version was installed manually onto drive D http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.as... & was updated with this http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.as... via Windows Update then the old file was not overwritten by Microsoft. In this instance it should be removed manually but such an approach is unique. I have mainly dealt with this issue on the Forum. From where I sit all are fixed except for: a. One lady who would rather blame everything rather than get on with it. b. A new case, other than yours, that is pending. -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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| cvalde | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 22:48 | ||||||||
| Score: 11 Posts: 22 User Since: 30th Jul 2009 System Score: N/A Location: CL |
Hello, Maurice. I think that by today, most strange problems users noticed are solved. First, I was (finally) able to download the file offered by Secunia. After installing it, Windows Update found a security problem, then I downloaded the latest patches for XML services 3, 4 and 5. At least one of them had been updated very recently. Installed them all and now Secunia says I'm 100% partched. We are in peace now. :-) What I don't understand is this assessment the program does: How secure is your PC compared to users from the rest of the world? User Type Difference Average user with Secunia PSI: 0% Average user without Secunia PSI: +15% What is the correct thread to ask about it? I find strange that users without Secunia PSI are 15% more secure. Thanks. Claudio. |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: False alarm on Windows XP? | ||||||||
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28th Aug, 2012 23:09 | ||||||||
| Score: 10510 Posts: 8,072 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
Please to see MSXML is fixed. I would write to Secunia at support@secunia.com if you want a detailed explanation on your question. I have never really got my head around it. As long as I am secure I have little interest in gimmicks like that which does nothing for individual security. -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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