Submission + - Windows 2000 Windows Update Corrupts Data
KlomDark writes: "Quite a few places are reporting massive data corruption due to a bug in KB920958 recently released via Windows Update. If you have a Windows 2000 machine (Server or Pro) with KB920958 installed and write a file to a compressed folder, the last 4096 bytes will get overwritten with 0xDF (The Beta symbol) after a while. Still unknown whether it's a lazy cache or the lazy compression process, but after a few minutes/hours you'll find your file corrupted. The issue has been reported to Microsoft for couple weeks with no word from them about it yet.
The fix: If you have KB920958 installed, either remove it immediately or (if you have room) uncompress any Compressed Folders.
The company I work for just got bit by it this week. Good thing for working backups!"
The fix: If you have KB920958 installed, either remove it immediately or (if you have room) uncompress any Compressed Folders.
The company I work for just got bit by it this week. Good thing for working backups!"
