'Compromised' Windows 7 Update Is A Test Update Posted In Error

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Link: Don't panic: Microsoft mistakenly posted a 'test' Windows update patch | ZDNet

 

...The "important"-rated patch, appeared on Wednesday as a supplemental language update, rather than a security fix.

 

The patch was 4.3MB in size, according to a thread on Microsoft's support forums, and contained gibberish text for its name, description, and strange and inaccessible links in the "more information" and "help and support" part.

 

More than 17,200 people have viewed the thread so far, while others have taken to Twitter and message boards like Hacker News and Reddit to complain.

 

The patch is thought to have been pushed through consumer machines running Windows 7. Enterprise users running Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) don't seem to be affected...

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It's actually Microsoft's latest strategy to get people to update to Windows 10

They will bombard them with garbled updates until the system is upgraded...