Counterspy calling Windows Updates a Trojan

[rjdriver]

Yesterday, while installing several Windows updates (security updates for
IE6, XML Core, Office, and XP) Counterspy warned me that "Windows Update was
trying to install a trojan"- asking if I wanted to allow it.

I'm sure these are OK, and have contacted Sunbelt to inquire about the odd
behavior, but wondering if any other users experienced the same thing.



Bob

[siljaline]

"rjdriver" wrote:
> Yesterday, while installing several Windows updates (security updates for IE6, XML Core,
> Office, and XP) Counterspy warned me that "Windows Update was trying to install a
> trojan"- asking if I wanted to allow it.
>
> I'm sure these are OK, and have contacted Sunbelt to inquire about the odd behavior, but
> wondering if any other users experienced the same thing.

Bob,
Ask the experts at Castle Cops =>
<http://www.castlecops.com/f164-CounterSpy.html>

Silj

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[rjdriver]

"siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:fa27h4$5h3$1@aioe.org...
> "rjdriver" wrote:
>> Yesterday, while installing several Windows updates (security updates for
>> IE6, XML Core, Office, and XP) Counterspy warned me that "Windows Update
>> was trying to install a trojan"- asking if I wanted to allow it.
>>
>> I'm sure these are OK, and have contacted Sunbelt to inquire about the
>> odd behavior, but wondering if any other users experienced the same
>> thing.
>
> Bob,
> Ask the experts at Castle Cops =>
> <http://www.castlecops.com/f164-CounterSpy.html>
>
>

The Experts at Sunbelt have replied thus:

"CounterSpy's Active Protection monitors are falsely identifying a
windows update as a trojan. You will need to disable active protection then
run your windows update again. Once the updates are complete you can
re-enable active protection.

I apologize for the inconvenience."



Bob

[siljaline]

"rjdriver" wrote:
>
> "siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote in message news:fa27h4$5h3$1@aioe.org...
>> "rjdriver" wrote:
>>> Yesterday, while installing several Windows updates (security updates for IE6, XML
>>> Core, Office, and XP) Counterspy warned me that "Windows Update was trying to install
>>> a trojan"- asking if I wanted to allow it.
>>>
>>> I'm sure these are OK, and have contacted Sunbelt to inquire about the odd behavior,
>>> but wondering if any other users experienced the same thing.
>>
>> Bob,
>> Ask the experts at Castle Cops =>
>> <http://www.castlecops.com/f164-CounterSpy.html>
>>
>>
>
> The Experts at Sunbelt have replied thus:
>
> "CounterSpy's Active Protection monitors are falsely identifying a
> windows update as a trojan. You will need to disable active protection then run your
> windows update again. Once the updates are complete you can re-enable active
> protection.
>
> I apologize for the inconvenience."

Thanks for posting back, I hope the answer satisfies your query.

Silj

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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_