It won�t work if you have a rootkit infection, but it won�t blue screen your machine either.
Microsoft has reissued Security Bulletin MS010-15 from last month to work around a problem that had occurred when a WinXP user attempted to install the patch on a machine that was infected with a rootkit. (blue screen, blue screen)
Jerry Bryant, Microsoft�s senior security communications manager lead, writing on the company TechNet blog said that the new installation packages for MS10-015 have new logic that will prevent the security update from installing on rootkit-infected systems. Microsoft also is offering guidance for those with infected machines and a scanning tool that can detect system conditions that will prevent the patch from applying itself.
Microsoft TechNet blog here.
We described the problem on the Sunbelt blog Feb. 11 �WinXP users: hold off on installing MS010�15.�
Tom Kelchner
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