Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
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Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
11-06-2010 6:41 PM
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When I select the title, it gives an explanation of what it is, and how it works.... fine !.... and then says
"a new version will be offered every month"
so does that mean the Microsoft will be filling up my hard drive with a new version of that program at 10mb per month.... ? (120 mb per year)..... and if so, can I "easily remember to dislodge the first version, and subsequent "new versions" every month?
or would it be better to not install it as I do have my own Anti Virus, and Malware software already installed.
( the description also says "This tool is not a replacement for Antivirus software, To help protect your computer , you should use an anti virus product"..)
(seems to me to be a bit of "overkill" )
ON a similar theme....
the following are listed...
Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 service pack 2 security update for Windows Vista service pack 2 and.....
Microsoft .Net framework 3.5 Swerive pack 1 and .NET framework 3.5 Family update(KB951847)
Microsoft .NET framwork 3.5 SP1 Windows Vista SP2, Security update (kb979910)
Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 SP1 Windows Vista SP2 update (KB982536)
Are all these "new stuff" or is anyone of them a "cumulative" (service pack type ) file, so I can "do away with" the others?
Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
11-06-2010 7:04 PM
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You should install all those updates ASAP to improve stability and reduce security risks.
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11-06-2010 7:38 PM
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Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
11-06-2010 7:54 PM
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Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
11-06-2010 8:00 PM
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They are there so you can delete the M$S updates
Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
11-06-2010 8:08 PM
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Quote from: shutter but you did not answer the bit about 10mb per month additional ms software...
No I didn't because I don't know the answer and it's unimportant anyway.
Chances are it keeps every version (MS are like that), but if you've got a Vista system it will have a sizeable hard disk and 10MB per month is absolute chicken-feed compared to other updates. After 10 years it "might" be a whole Gigabyte, but will you still have that system in 2020?
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11-06-2010 8:13 PM
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11-06-2010 8:43 PM
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11-06-2010 10:46 PM
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then subsequent ones are only a couple of hundred KB (for definitions) unless they do an app upgrade.
besides, whats 120mb these days, you get memory sticks easily 8x that size.
Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
12-06-2010 7:52 AM
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Will get on with the updates..... and do as Pierre suggested, run the "uninstall" versions as listed....
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12-06-2010 8:08 AM
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Or you can pick up a Terabyte hard drive for £50 if you shop around. That's 5p per GB!
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12-06-2010 9:09 AM
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12-06-2010 9:32 AM
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Quote from: ReedRichards you can pick up a Terabyte hard drive for £50
£53.99 for the Hitachi one I got the other day.
(busy filling it up with my old camcorder videos at present)
And I wouldn't do anything, as I said earlier:
Quote from: HPsauce it's unimportant anyway
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absolute chicken-feed
Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
12-06-2010 10:19 AM
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Quote from: pierre_pierre Gerry I did not say run the uninstall I said get rid of them
Oh.... just delete the one`s marked "uninstall" then?
Re: Windows Vista Malicious software removal tool
12-06-2010 2:14 PM
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if you look up the K number that is the reference to the various updates
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