Article ID: 979482 - Last Review: June 10, 2011 - Revision: 2.1

MS10-033: Description of the security update for Asycfilt.dll (COM component): June 8, 2010

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS10-033. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft websites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/201006.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/201006.aspx)
Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update website now:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-033.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-033.mspx)

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How to obtain help and support for this security update

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support website:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4 (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4)

North American customers can also obtain instant access to unlimited no-charge email support or to unlimited individual chat support by visiting the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552 (http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552)

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

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MORE INFORMATION

More information about this security update

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Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this security update. In some cases, this update does not require a restart. If the required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, you receive a message that advises you to restart the computer.

To help reduce the possibility that a restart will be required, stop all affected services and close all applications that may use the affected files before you install the security update. For more information about the reasons why you may be prompted to restart, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887012 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887012/en-US/ ) Why you may be prompted to restart your computer after you install a security update on a Windows-based computer

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Removal information

To remove this security update, do one of the following:

Use the Add or Remove Programs item or the Programs and Features item in Control Panel.
Use the Spuninst.exe utility that is located in the %Windir%\$NTUninstallKB975562$\Spuninst folder.

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FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time and with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

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