Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to tamper with digitally signed content without being detected, when this content is being consumed by an application that makes uses of the Microsoft .NET Framework on a Windows-based system.

• A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to tamper with digitally signed content without being detected, when this content is being consumed by an application that makes uses of the Microsoft .NET Framework on a Windows-based system. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	Size
Windows6.1-KB979916-ia64.msu SHA1: 0d04596769c78c2dc1d81fe5f78df0b439e0f8d4	303 KB
Windows6.1-KB979916-x64.msu SHA1: 59c08a6e15567fafe76b6eb72d5a0ab41423950c	406 KB
Windows6.1-KB979916-x86.msu SHA1: 22d692442172abcf5f1bb4806f94155504541b68	399 KB

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  Note: More information about Service Pack levels currently supported for the platforms listed above can be found in the following page: Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle.

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