Software updates are usually great things: unless they make your device vulnerable to security breaches. Or drain your battery life twice as fast as normal. Or brick your phone.
You get the idea. Unfortunately, software updates actually hold unexpected risks for many users, and the most recent Windows 7 upgrade is one of them.
According to Tech Week Europe, a new Windows 7 security patch apparently has "killed" some users' computers, meaning that the PC would not restart after the update was installed. Some who did get their computers to turn on again found that other applications wouldn't load or work correctly following the update.
Microsoft published a blog post Thursday evening recommending users to uninstall the security patch while it works on a new one.
"We've determined that the update, when paired with certain third-party software, can cause system errors. As a precaution, we stopped pushing 2823324 as an update when we began investigating the error reports and have since removed it from the download centre," the Microsoft Security Response Center wrote.
"Contrary to some reports, the system errors do not result in any data loss nor affect all Windows customers. However, all customers should follow the guidance that we have provided in KB2839011 to uninstall security update 2823324 if it is already installed."
As far as we know, there's nothing wrong with the other Windows 7 patches that Microsoft made available. They're still up for users to download, and it's a good idea for them to do so.
