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Microsoft security advisory: Update to Improve Wireless Mouse Input Filtering: April 12, 2016

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Summary

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To learn more about the vulnerability, see
https://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/3152550

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How to get and install the update

Method 1: Windows Update

This security update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating and plug in affected Microsoft wireless mouse device the first time, this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Get security updates automatically.

Method 2: Manual installation
If you want to manually install this security update, plug in the affected Microsoft wireless mouse device, and then use one of the following methods, depending on your operating system:
  • In Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, open Control Panel, and then select Windows Update > Check for updates > Optional > Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device > Install. This security update will be downloaded and installed.
  • In Windows 10 and other Windows operating systems where you can't find Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device by running Check for updates, you can get the stand-alone package for this security update from the Microsoft Update Catalog website and manually install the update. For more information, see the following topic.

    How to manually obtain this security update from Windows Update Catalog

    1. Go to Microsoft Update Catalog - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device.
    2. Click Add for the update you want.
    3. Go to Microsoft Update Catalog - Wireless Device.
    4. Click Add for the update you want.
    5. Select view basket > Download, and then select a location for the download.
    6. Click Continue, and then wait until the download process is finished.

    After the update is downloaded, see How to install this security update.

    How to install this security update

    1. Go to the location at which the update was downloaded.
    2. Locate the "Microsoft - Keyboard - Wireless Keyboard Filter Device" folder, and then extract the files from the .cab file.


    3. Open an elevated Command prompt in the folder where the extracted driver is located, and then type the following command:
      pnputil -i -a WirelessKeyboardFilter.inf
    4. Wait until the installation is finished.
    5. Locate the "Microsoft - Pointing Drawing - Wireless Device" folder, and then extract the files from the .cab file.
    6. Open an elevated Command prompt in the folder where the extracted driver is located, and then type the following command:
      pnputil -i -a WirelessDevice.inf
    7. Wait until the installation is finished.
    Note the commands that are listed in steps 3 and 6 may fail if the driver has already been installed. See the How to verify that the update was installed section.

How to verify that the update was installed

  1. Click Start, type run, and then select Run.
  2. Enter %SystemRoot%\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository, and then click OK.
  3. In the FileRepository folder, search to see whether there are two folders. One folder has the name of the wirelesskeyboardfilter.inf string and the other folder has the name of the wirelessdevice.inf string.

    Note If there are multiple folders, this means there are multiple versions.

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More Information

Affected devices

For this advisory, the following Microsoft wireless devices are affected:
Sculpt Ergonomic mouse
Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 v2.0
Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500
Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
Wireless Mouse 1000
Wireless Mouse 2000
Wireless Mouse 5000
Arc Touch Mouse

File hash information
Package NamePackage Hash SHA 1Package Hash SHA 2
X86-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856649_c170164cc04507e47e1c8912fcf4222af47c8098.cabC170164CC04507E47E1C8912FCF4222AF47C809892945B525462386955298D89B77DC40AAF1C5498759829693161467BF31E4933
AMD64-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856650_298e702c4dfdd30d10dabc1158deaed495c6cf62.cab298E702C4DFDD30D10DABC1158DEAED495C6CF621D65D25E94F753A01EDFE1436052AFBCF29A081B33CFDEDE8146EC2613BCB651
X86-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856662_b8137f1d52c603f0f087fc98223b275878139d7b.cabB8137F1D52C603F0F087FC98223B275878139D7B87A57BA2B3976DCF660D5E5C86BBF833BB4AC3180B25B28DD7D2FF33EE9CB547
AMD64-zh-tw_de_el_en_es_fr_it_ko_pt-br_ru_zh-cn_pt_ja-nec-20856652_b933c0fd9ff0eceb97addc12588af3dcfa05664f.cabB933C0FD9FF0ECEB97ADDC12588AF3DCFA05664FD79FA403FD941AD4ADDBA5737B7D21605B853E3BDEE6685F2AE69E8B4C0401C6
File information

Wireless Keyboard Filter Device driver - 32bit

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Wdfcoinstaller01009.dll1.9.7600.163851,470,72829-Mar-201615:47x86
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.catNot Applicable8,61229-Mar-201615:46Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.infNot Applicable3,60829-Mar-201601:44Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.sys1.0.102.044,77629-Mar-201615:47x86

Wireless Keyboard Filter Device driver - 64bit

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Wdfcoinstaller01009.dll1.9.7600.163851,730,31229-Mar-201615:48x64
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.catNot Applicable8,62829-Mar-201615:45Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.infNot Applicable3,61229-Mar-201601:44Not Applicable
Wirelesskeyboardfilter.sys1.0.102.049,38429-Mar-201615:48x64

Wireless Device driver - 32bit

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Wirelessdevice.catNot Applicable8,83529-Mar-201602:18Not Applicable
Wirelessdevice.dll1.0.102.0119,52829-Mar-201602:18x86
Wirelessdevice.infNot Applicable3,56629-Mar-201602:10Not Applicable
Wudfupdate_01009.dll6.1.7600.163851,846,03229-Mar-201602:18x86

Wireless Device driver - 64bit

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Wirelessdevice.catNot Applicable8,85229-Mar-201601:57Not Applicable
Wirelessdevice.dll1.0.102.0142,04829-Mar-201601:58x64
Wirelessdevice.infNot Applicable3,57429-Mar-201601:49Not Applicable
Wudfupdate_01009.dll6.1.7600.163852,160,91229-Mar-201601:58x64

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Article Info
Article ID : 3152550
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 4/28/2016
Exists online : False
Views : 336