Kb931906 ????

[dgreen]

I just did a “check for updates” just to see what was going to show up…
and received this “important”  update Kb931906 which has a publish date of 4/5/2012
So, is this important or should I just go with
“if it’s not broke……”

I am a former Windows 7 Group A updater
Last rollup Jan. 2020

Dell Inspiron 660 (new hard drive installed and Windows 7 reloaded Nov. 2017)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP 1 GROUP A
Processor: Intel i3-3240 (ivy bridge 3rd generation)
chipset Intel (R) 7 series/C216
chipset family SATA AHCI Controller -1 E02
NIC Realtek PCLE GBE Family Controller
Bitdefender (free version) installed 12/6/19 (replaced MSE)
Chrome browser
DSL via ethernet (landline)

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Pepsiboy

[Pepsiboy]

dgreen wrote:

I just did a “check for updates” just to see what was going to show up…
and received this “important”  update Kb931906 which has a publish date of 4/5/2012
So, is this important or should I just go with
“if it’s not broke……”

I am a former Windows 7 Group A updater
Last rollup Jan. 2020

Dell Inspiron 660 (new hard drive installed and Windows 7 reloaded Nov. 2017)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP 1 GROUP A
Processor: Intel i3-3240 (ivy bridge 3rd generation)
chipset Intel (R) 7 series/C216
chipset family SATA AHCI Controller -1 E02
NIC Realtek PCLE GBE Family Controller
Bitdefender (free version) installed 12/6/19 (replaced MSE)
Chrome browser
DSL via ethernet (landline)

• This topic was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by dgreen.
• This topic was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by dgreen.

dgreen,

I just got the same thing on my update check this morning. I’m going to hold off for now and see what Woody has to say about it.

Dave

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dgreen

[Alex5723]

dgreen wrote:

received this “important”  update Kb931906 which has a publish date of 4/5/2012

Have you added some hardware ? Drivers ?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/security-update-for-capicom-kb931906-just-showed/9dffbf98-d7ce-4fc2-8b8b-e9a74a144762

[Pepsiboy]

Alex5723 wrote:

dgreen wrote:

received this “important”  update Kb931906 which has a publish date of 4/5/2012

Have you added some hardware ? Drivers ?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/security-update-for-capicom-kb931906-just-showed/9dffbf98-d7ce-4fc2-8b8b-e9a74a144762

 

Alex5723,

I have added NOTHING in the last few days that would have given the need for this update.

Dave

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[dgreen]

Alex5723 wrote:

dgreen wrote:

received this “important”  update Kb931906 which has a publish date of 4/5/2012

Have you added some hardware ? Drivers ?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/security-update-for-capicom-kb931906-just-showed/9dffbf98-d7ce-4fc2-8b8b-e9a74a144762

Alex5723   Wow! Thanks for the link!

When I had a new hard drive installed in 2017, I never reinstalled my webcam.
I just reinstalled it last week so I can have video chats with my children via Facebook messenger due to the “stay at home” recommendations.
It is an older Logitech Webcam C160.
I haven’t had any issues with it however.
So, do I apply the KB931906 or leave well enough alone?

 

Edit to add:
I did install it with the original software that came with the webcam.

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[Alex5723]

dgreen wrote:

So, do I apply the KB931906 or leave well enough alone?

You can safely install the new driver if you want.

[Elly]

I tend to research updates… just like you. I was curious, so went to Microsoft Support.

CAPICOM is a Windows component that provides services to programs that enable security that is based on cryptography. This includes functionality for authentication that uses digital signatures, for enveloping messages, and for encrypting and decrypting data.

I tried to follow Microsoft’s link for Home users- but they have blocked me, having decided that

Your request pattern matches an automated process. To eliminate, reduce the volume of requests over a period of time.

I am a fast reader… but this is ridiculous to block the very first link clicked on… and five minutes later I can still access the initial page, but not the one for home users.

As it looks like I’d have to close my browser and clear my cache to access… I’ll leave it up to you.

Non-techy Win 10 Pro and Linux Mint experimenter

[EP]

here’s the old MS security bulletin MS07-028 about the KB931906 (CAPICOM) security update (posted at Microsoft Docs instead of the old MS Technet security site):

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-028

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