Windows Updates: problems with IE9 crashing, Office 2010, Virtuabox and more

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So, i've been troubleshooting a couple of computers with Windows 7 x64 that had IE9 (cannot upgrade the browser to a newer one) and after installing Windows Updates IE9 just stopped working (crashes); it's pretty random: it can happen after a while, immediately after opening or while navigating to a site with heavy AJAX.

 

Also in other cases a single update caused problems with Office 2010 and Virtuabox (KB3004394), so have a special attention as well.

 

The following updates are the ones causing problems:

?         KB3008923 ? Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: December 9, 2014

?         KB3011970 ? December 2014 update for Microsoft Silverlight 5

?         KB3004394 ? December 2014 update for Windows Root Certificate Program in Windows

?         KB3002339 ? Unexpected dialog box appears when you open projects in Visual Studio 2012 after you install the .NET Framework 4.5.3

?         KB2553154 ? MS14-082: Description of the security update for Microsoft Office 2010: December 9, 2014

 

Also the KB3004394 can make the computer/server to be unable to remove updates or to just fail to install newer updates. There is a fix for this, witch is installing a newer update: KB3024777 

 

Guys, BEWARE!