Now, about KB917344, which both Trend Micro Housecall and Belarc Advisor reported as a missing update/vulnerability, i ckecked all my installed Windows Updates and Internet Explorer Updates listed in 'Add or Remove Programs' and verified that i don't have it. Could any of you who have Windows XP SP2 Home Edition and Internet Explorer 7 check in your system if it is listed under 'Add or Remove Programs', please ?
If I knew that someone with the same OS as mine, and with IE7, with all the needed Windows Updates installed to date, had KB917344, then, I'd think that perhaps this update was truly necessary to my system, and i should download and install it manually.
So, i'm still waiting for your answer, guys.
I can't figure out why nobody attended to this simple request...But it doesn't matter anymore.
Anyway, I posted this issue at Microsoft Discussion Groups > microsoft.public.windowsupdate and i'm getting specialized help on this.
I've found that
if KB917344 had been successfully applied, the file
jscript.dll (on Windows\system32) should be version 5.6.0.8831, but turns out that my
jscript.dll is the old version (v. 5.6.0.8825), so it hasn't been updated as it should. However, my Windows registry keys correspond to version 5.6.0.8831, and not to the version of the file I have, and that explains why the
Microsoft Update website doesnt prompt me to install KB917344. It appears that 'something' did not allow the file to be updated but did allow the change in the registry.
Anyone interested and those who want to know the details and further developments on this should go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&mid=7120113e-4d54-4875-9495-b2032abe671e. There, search for
Hugo_Pt in the search box, and my thread should appear in the search results. It is titled '
Missing Windows update reported as a vulnerability by TMH...'
I thank DavidR and Tech for their willingness.