Starting August 14, Microsoft installing Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 updates that were signed using a SHA-2 certificate. The reason was the reaction to these patches from Symantec and Norton antiviruses. As it turned out, security programs identified patches as dangerous files and removed updates during installation, and also prevented an attempt to start when manually downloading.
The company mentioned this, saying that the update files may be removed or the update will not be fully carried out. At the moment, antiviruses already skip the following updates:
- (Preview August Monthly Rollup).
- (August security update).
- (August monthly summary report).
Symantec has already noted that there is no increased risk of false positives for the Symantec Endpoint Protection product. Simply put, their software should no longer respond to Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 updates. For its part, Microsoft turned off the update lock on August 27th.
Note that future updates to Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 will require SHA-2 certificate support. Otherwise, the patches will not install. At the same time, we recall that Kaspersky Lab, the transition of corporate users from Windows 7 to newer systems will not be easy.
This is influenced by a number of factors: from economic and technical to social. That is, the transition to Windows 10 will be expensive, can bring problems with specific software, and also force users to get used to the new system.
Source: 3dnews.ru