• Windows Genuine Advantage KB 905474 re-appears on the Windows Update list

    Posted on June 15, 2006 at 01:19 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    You think Microsoft would’ve had the decency to pull the WGA / KB 905474 Windows Genuine Spyware update by now.

    Nope. In fact, it appears that if you tell Windows Update or Microsoft Update to ignore the ignominous “critical security patch”, it won’t go away, at least for some users.

    Yesterday I posted part of a message from Mark R, who successfully followed the instructions mentioned in the next article to get rid of Windows Genuine Spyware. Mark then encountered a rather bizarre problem. Every time he goes to Microsoft Update, the only update he’s offered is the Windows Genuine Advantage patch, KB 905474. Says Mark, “The only patch/update available to me at Microsoft Update is the WGA — the only way to even be offered yesterday’s patches [the June Patch Tuesday patches] is to rename those files back.”

    It now appears that Mark’s not alone, and others have reported the same problem, in the newsgroups. Microsoft MVP Carey Frisch has this suggestion:

    Download and install the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool. After running the MGA Diagnostic Tool, click on the “Windows” tab and then click on “Copy to Clipboard”. Next, visit the this website and create a post in the “WGA Validation Problems” forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed post. A WGA troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an appropriate solution.

    I tried the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool. Interesting critter. You might take a look at what Microsoft is gathering.

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