Article ID: 973507 - Last Review: May 8, 2012 - Revision: 5.0

MS09-037: Description of the security update for the Active Template Library: August 11, 2009

View products that this article applies to.

System TipThis article applies to a different operating system than the one you are using. Article content that may not be relevant to you is disabled.

Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ends on July 12, 2011. To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure you're running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2). For more information, refer to this Microsoft web page: Support is ending for some versions of Windows (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/end-support-windows-xp-sp2-windows-vista-without-service-packs) .

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS09-037. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200908.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200908.aspx)
Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-037.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-037.mspx)

Back to the top

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

Back to the top

MORE INFORMATION

Known issues with this security update

After you install this security update, some applications that use the Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) viewer control stop working. For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
978153 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978153/ ) Description of the Office 2003 hotfix package (Mdivwctl.msp): December 15, 2009

Back to the top

FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.