And following that, looked at several other pages discussing Conficker. From what I saw, the infecting/hijacking of svchost by Conficker is a symptom of infection by other means, not the source of infection. To say it another way, you could block the svchost instance (that includes WU) using your firewall and still be infected by Conficker by every documented means I saw. The WU setting I use is 'never check for updates'.

In cases where the Autodesk Design Review Uninstall Tool cannot uninstall the product, follow these manual steps. (This can be the same in Win 8.1.) When I know new updates are available, I manually check for updates, then download and install the ones I want. When uninstalling Autodesk Design Review 2010. Using this method gives me control of the WU process and I have never seen any update 'sneak' through without my permission. It's my understanding that Microsoft uses a secure connection for all this activity.

Create Windows 11 installation media On the Windows 11 software download page, select Create tool now and follow the instructions to install Windows 11. #Manually install kb2538242 software downloadĪs I mentioned above, I am unaware of any malware infection sneaking through the WU process (svchost related) MS has devised. #Manually install kb2538242 software download.If it cannot be removed that way (which ist propable): use CleanUp Utility - download for example here:Ĭ) Now execute the update downloaded in step a) ( vcredist_IA64.EXE, vcredist_圆4.EXE or vcredist_86.EXE, depending of your PC) - just double-click it! If unsure, explanations can be found here:ī) De-install 'Microsoft Visual 2005 c++ Redistributable' (Windows Control Panel -> Software -> remove) However, this old version refuses to be replaced! So get rid of it.Ī) load Update KB2538242, which in truth is no update but the de-bugged version of 2005 cc+ library, directly (if link is dead, find with google):Īttention: use the correct version for your PC. 'KB2538242' actually is, as it seems, a complete program - or better: a self-extracting library, completely replacing the older version.