Microsoft is denying that any of its patches or the Malicious Software Removal Tool are responsible for making registry changes as were described by the folks at Prevx. Microsoft went on to say that no registry permission values had been changed as suggested by other third part sources.

On its blog site Microsoft also states:

We’ve also checked with our worldwide Customer Service and Support organization, and they’ve told us they’re not seeing “black screen” behavior as a broad customer issue. Because these reports were not brought to us directly, it’s impossible to know conclusively what might be causing a “black screen” in those limited instances where customers have seen it. However, we do know that “black screen” behavior is associated with some malware families such as Daonol.

This underscores the importance of our guidance to customers to contact our Customer Service and Support group any time they think they’re affected by malware or are experiencing issues with security updates. This enables us to determine what might be happening and take steps to help customers by documenting new malware families in our MMPC malware encyclopedia or documenting known issues in our security bulletins and the supporting Knowledge Base articles.

This is good news for us Window users. I thought it was kind of strange since none of my systems experienced any difficulties nor any reports came in from my clients. Even here at Lockergnome the subject didn’t seem to rile any feathers. LOL

Comments welcome.

Microsoft source