Microsoft security update 3 months late

[jko]

Recvd this 64 MB dowload security update from Microsoft today, dated 9 September 2014 relating to an earlier update in December 2013.

"Description of the security update for the .NET Framework 4.5 and the .NET Framework 4.5.1 on Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: December 10, 2013

Notice:

September 9, 2014: This security update has been re-released and contains updated files. We recommend that you apply this updated security update."

If security is such a priority for them, why send it three months late?

And is this dowloading-rebooting really worth all the time and trouble?

[RKASA]

You may not have required it until now. If you installed or updated some other application it may have become relavent to you at this point. Secure updates are a necassary evil - if you don't like rebooting run linux - it is rare you would have to re boot for any updates or installations of applications, but still it is at times also required.

[Gsxrnz]

How frequently do you have the settings set for checking updates? Maybe they're set to check every 90 days.

[wgdanson]

Downloading updates and re-booting can take up to 15 minutes. Have a cup of tea and let it do it's job.

[Chicog]

15 minutes? The last three patch tuesdays have delivered 1-1.8 Gb of patches on 8.1/Office 2013.