Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 (KB4576485)

Security improvements

ClickOnce will no longer download applications from untrusted servers which use NTLM authentication, but, instead, will fail with “Authentication failed”. Sites in the Local Intranet and Trusted sites zones will continue to authenticate as before.

Quality and reliability improvements

¹ Common Language Runtime (CLR)
² Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• 4576629 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 (KB4576629)

Before installing this update

Prerequisite:

To apply this update, you must have .NET Framework 4.8 installed.

Install this update

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have .NET Framework 4.8 installed.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this update if any affected files are being used. We recommend that you exit all .NET Framework-based applications before you apply this update.

Update deployment information

For deployment details for this security update, go to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

20200908 Security update deployment information: September 8, 2020

Update removal information

Note We do not recommend that you remove any security update. To remove this update, use the Programs and Features item in Control Panel.

Update restart information

This update does not require a system restart after you apply it unless files that are being updated are locked or are being used.

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