This update is offered when Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable is installed along with one of the apps created using a Microsoft software developer tool called Visual C++. In the mean time, you can hide it and unhide after the fix is released (probably in a week or so), or manually download the updates from Microsoft’s download center.

KB2538242 (maybe KB2538243 as well, but I did not find an official response from Microsoft) is defective and will be replaced. To save your time going to the forums or calling Microsoft’s free security hotline, this is my answer: Questions about KB2538243 appear as well, but to a less degree. Then problem should be solved.Recently there is an outburst of posts related to the KB2538242 update being offered repeatedly on MSDN’s Visual C++ forums, TechNet’s various Windows security forums and the Windows Update forum on Microsoft Answers forums. If it cannot be removed that way (which ist propable): use CleanUp Utility - download for example here:Ĭ) Now execute the update downloaded in step a) ( vcredist_IA64.EXE, vcredist_圆4.EXE or vcredist_86.EXE, depending of your PC) - just double-click it! If unsure, explanations can be found here:ī) De-install 'Microsoft Visual 2005 c++ Redistributable' (Windows Control Panel -> Software -> remove) However, this old version refuses to be replaced! So get rid of it.Ī) load Update KB2538242, which in truth is no update but the de-bugged version of 2005 cc+ library, directly (if link is dead, find with google):Īttention: use the correct version for your PC. 'KB2538242' actually is, as it seems, a complete program - or better: a self-extracting library, completely replacing the older version.

Kb2467175 or kb2538242