re: Microsoft Software Distribution Service 3.0
Friday, December 28, 2007 at 6:51 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Nayatwa
(3 messages posted)
So, this morning, I woke up to check my computer. To
my surprise, it had crashed. The monitor was on, the
computer fan was running, but I had a black screen.
I rebooted. The computer did its thing, and when
Windows resurrected, there was one of those little
bubbles down in the corner. I started copying it down
manually, but then tried to copy so I could paste it, but as
soon as I clicked over it, the whole bubble disappeared.
Here is my best paraphrase: "Windows recently
downloaded and installed an important security update to
protect your computer. Your computer was rebooted to
complete the installation of the update..." I had turned
OFF the Automatically Install Updates switch. Microsoft
did not care.
I checked my System Restore utility. Sure enough, last
night after midnight, Microsoft invaded my computer,
again downloaded and installed Software Distribution
Service 3.0, and rebooted my computer, which instead of
rebooting, crashed. The only evidence is the System
Restore checkpoint for December 28, 2007 that says:
"Microsoft Software Distribution Service 3.0."
Interestingly, this time, my doubleclick was not broken.
Nevertheless, I am annoyed that Microsoft again
infiltrated my computer when I told it not to, and in the
process crashed my computer.
I did almost nothing to the computer since the last
restore point before this latest infiltration, so I again
restored it to before the attack. In doing so, I clicked on
an item that shows files that were renamed. In the
interest of documentation, here are the files that were
replaced (with renamed files being saved on my machine):
iexplore.exe
advpack.dll
mshtmled.dll
url.dll
urlmon.dll
webcheck.dll
All are in c:\windows\system32, except the first, which is
in c:\program files\internet explorer
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