http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707 (Keep getting This up date) did kill off Assistant and the registry but come back,I am not the only one? do you know a fix Please? Thanks in *

Note This update is included in Windows 7 and in the .NET Framework 4.0.

To download the Update to .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for the .NET Framework Assistant 1.0 for Firefox, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=e959e347-aea1-4e1b-bbff-8034a655caea&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1 (Microsoft has used its trojan)

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/839927-kb963707-kb957209.html (Kb963707 & kb957209)

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1255622936

http://help.lockergnome.com/general/MS-NET-Framework-update-KB963707--ftopict58035.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html

Microsoft -- this is a great example of how not to convince people to trust your security updates.