Malicious Software Removal Tool - Repeat Install

Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
again. How do I stop this?

Pegleg wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:06:14 -0800, Mikey
> <> wrote:
>
>
>>Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
>>KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
>>again. How do I stop this?
>
>
> Lots of luck! My automatic updates has been doing that for months. I
> go to Microsoft's site and do updates and it shows it was successfully
> in stalled. Then a few hours later auto update wants to install it
> again.
>
> Microsoft has been no help in resolving this wide spread issue.

Can you cite some statistics that show just how widespread the issue is
and where is the information available, please ?
Thanks.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:28:31 -0800, Pegleg <>
wrote:

>>Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
>>KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
>>again. How do I stop this?
>
>Lots of luck! My automatic updates has been doing that for months. I
>go to Microsoft's site and do updates and it shows it was successfully
>in stalled. Then a few hours later auto update wants to install it
>again.
>
>Microsoft has been no help in resolving this wide spread issue.

I thought each month had a new update. Malicious Software is always
evolving so any detection tool is going to need frequent updates. I
don't think this is a problem at all.

--
Zilbandy

It appears this is enough of an issue that it requires some attention. I am
having a similar problem with the update (KB92798). It has successfully
installed but the Windows update notification icon constantly remains in the
system tray. I am using Vista 32bit HmPr.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Pegleg wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:06:14 -0800, Mikey
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> >>KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> >>again. How do I stop this?
> >
> >
> > Lots of luck! My automatic updates has been doing that for months. I
> > go to Microsoft's site and do updates and it shows it was successfully
> > in stalled. Then a few hours later auto update wants to install it
> > again.
> >
> > Microsoft has been no help in resolving this wide spread issue.
>
> Can you cite some statistics that show just how widespread the issue is
> and where is the information available, please ?
> Thanks.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>

I have the same problem. What to do?

"Mikey" wrote:

> Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> again. How do I stop this?

Well add my name to the list. After turning off auto updates and manually
updating (it hadn't updated since I installed Vista), I turned on auto
updates again and this KB890830 problem started happening. A search on google
shows a lot of the same thing happening. Hope someone can fix this
(microsoft?)

"Mikey" wrote:

> Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> again. How do I stop this?

Here is one way:
You might also have Windows set to automatically install updates, which is
the recommended setting for your computer. If you don't want Windows to
install an update, you need to hide it.

Click to open Windows Update.

In the left pane, click Check for updates and then, when Windows finds
updates for your computer, click View available updates.

Right-click the update you don't want to install, and then click Hide
update. The next time you check for updates, the update won't be
automatically selected or installed


"Mikey" wrote:

> Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> again. How do I stop this?

this worked:
with the update hidden go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830.
download the most recient kb890830
go back and unhide the entry in windows update.
when it checks for current downloads it says you are all up to date.

"rich" wrote:

> Here is one way:
> You might also have Windows set to automatically install updates, which is
> the recommended setting for your computer. If you don't want Windows to
> install an update, you need to hide it.
>
> Click to open Windows Update.
>
> In the left pane, click Check for updates and then, when Windows finds
> updates for your computer, click View available updates.
>
> Right-click the update you don't want to install, and then click Hide
> update. The next time you check for updates, the update won't be
> automatically selected or installed
>
>
> "Mikey" wrote:
>
> > Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> > KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> > again. How do I stop this?

I've been attempting to download this tool for over two months. I've
followed many of the steps outlined on these boards but nothing has worked.
It's incredibly annoying, and I worry that other updates will not come
through.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Pegleg wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:06:14 -0800, Mikey
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
> >>KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
> >>again. How do I stop this?
> >
> >
> > Lots of luck! My automatic updates has been doing that for months. I
> > go to Microsoft's site and do updates and it shows it was successfully
> > in stalled. Then a few hours later auto update wants to install it
> > again.
> >
> > Microsoft has been no help in resolving this wide spread issue.
>
> Can you cite some statistics that show just how widespread the issue is
> and where is the information available, please ?
> Thanks.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>

See this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830

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"farrow" <> wrote in message
news:BE90191A-FA57-4B28-9D33-...
| I've been attempting to download this tool for over two months. I've
| followed many of the steps outlined on these boards but nothing has worked.
| It's incredibly annoying, and I worry that other updates will not come
| through.
|
| "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > Pegleg wrote:
| >
| > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:06:14 -0800, Mikey
| > > <> wrote:
| > >
| > >
| > >>Windows Update repeatedly asks to install the Malicious Software Removal Tool
| > >>KB890830. It installs successfully, but soon tells me it is ready to install
| > >>again. How do I stop this?
| > >
| > >
| > > Lots of luck! My automatic updates has been doing that for months. I
| > > go to Microsoft's site and do updates and it shows it was successfully
| > > in stalled. Then a few hours later auto update wants to install it
| > > again.
| > >
| > > Microsoft has been no help in resolving this wide spread issue.
| >
| > Can you cite some statistics that show just how widespread the issue is
| > and where is the information available, please ?
| > Thanks.
| >
| > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
| > ===============
| > *-343-* FDNY
| > Never Forgotten
| > ===============
| >