Perpetual restarts after installing MS03-039 patch

From: Mike Strout (mstrout_at_TYLERCVC.COM)
Date: 09/12/03

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    Date:         Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:57:35 -0500
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    I use Shavlik's HKNETCHK Pro in my environment to push out my patches.
    Last night I decided to push out the MS03-039 patch to all my 2ksp3
    workstations and servers.

    This morning I am having problems with several workstations that when
    logged in as an admin user that has a roaming profile, the patch install
    routine for ms03-026 launches, even though it has been installed for a
    month, and then within 45 seconds I get the old shutting down in 30
    seconds box. At first I assumed that this patch just wasn't installed
    and it was being installed because hknetchk pro thought it hadn't been
    done correctly. However, upon restart, the same user logs in and the
    process starts all over again.

    The strange thing however is if I log in with a domain admin account,
    the update doesn't run and the machine works flawlessly. About the only
    difference between the domain admin account and the user's account (user
    has admin rights) is the fact that the user has a roaming profile. This
    really has me scratching my head. I find it hard to believe a virus
    would be created to be profile specific.

    I ran Symantec's fix tool. It didn't find msblast. I ran Microsoft's
    latest vulnerability checker for 039. These machines show both patches
    are installed. I also looked at the hklm key and verified that 026 is
    already installed. I also looked to try and find what is calling this
    update. Nothing in startup, any of the registry "run" or "run once" keys
    and no task in scheduled tasks. Is this a new bug or what?

    Mike Strout
    Director of Information Systems
    Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants

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