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MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files: December 9, 2008

Microsoft has released cumulative update 957924 for the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6) Runtime Extended Files. This cumulative update contains all the fixes in security update 926857 and includes several other stability fixes and performance fixes for the ActiveX controls that are included in the Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files. Additionally, the ActiveX controls that are included in this cumulative update will be the baseline for any future updates for these ActiveX controls. This includes security updates and hotfixes for these ActiveX controls. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you install cumulative update 957924 to have the latest supported baseline for these ActiveX controls.




For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

957924 Description of the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-070. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

How to obtain help and support for this security update


Help installing updates:
Support for Microsoft Update

Security solutions for IT professionals:
TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware:
Virus Solution and Security Center

Local support according to your country:
International Support

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More Information

To install this security update, you must have at least Windows Installer 3.1 or a later version installed on the computer. To obtain the latest version of Windows Installer for the computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4

Update removal information

This update cannot be removed after it is installed. This behavior is similar to other previously released updates for Visual Basic 6.0 components.

Command-line switches for this update

For information about the command-line switches that this update supports, see Microsoft security bulletin MS08-070. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.mspx




There is also a document that describes these switches on the MSDN Web site. To view this document, visit the following Microsoft Web site:



http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988.aspx






The Windows Installer MSDN Web site has more information about Windows Installer. To view this information, visit the following MSDN Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367449.aspx

Known issues with this security update

After you install this update, you may receive the following error message when you try to edit the properties of the ActiveX control, Mswinsck.ocx (Winsock Control):
Out of memory
For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

960128 Error message when you right-click the Mswinsck.ocx ActiveX control (Winsock Control) after you install security update KB926857

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FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
File NameVersionDateTimeSize
Comct232.cab10-Oct-200820:4187,859
Comct232.dep10-Oct-200818:512,495
Comct232.ocx6.0.98.1210-Oct-200820:36170,584
Mschrt20.cab10-Oct-200820:42453,997
Mschrt20.dep10-Oct-200818:592,494
Mschrt20.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:361,030,984
Mscomct2.cab10-Oct-200820:42336,516
Mscomct2.dep10-Oct-200818:542,494
Mscomct2.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:36656,200
Msdatgrd.cab10-Oct-200820:42134,545
Msdatgrd.dep10-Oct-200818:592,514
Msdatgrd.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:36279,368
Msflxgrd.cab10-Oct-200820:42113,567
Msflxgrd.dep09-Oct-200823:452,494
Msflxgrd.ocx6.1.98.1110-Oct-200820:36259,912
Mshflxgd.cab10-Oct-200820:42209,282
Mshflxgd.dep10-Oct-200819:062,524
Mshflxgd.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:36444,504
Msmask32.cab10-Oct-200820:4191,429
Msmask32.dep10-Oct-200818:552,494
Msmask32.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:36179,528
Mswinsck.cab10-Oct-200820:4165,565
Mswinsck.dep10-Oct-200818:572,463
Mswinsck.ocx6.1.98.1210-Oct-200820:36128,840

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Article Info
Article ID : 926857
Revision : 5
Created on : 4/13/2020
Published on : 4/13/2020
Exists online : False
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