As described in this TechNet post and this Reddit thread, theres a conflict between EMET 5.5 and both KB 3146706 and KB 3147071 running on 32-bit Windows 7.

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Last patch Tuesday, Microsoft released MS 16-044 and KB 3146706 as an important security update for OLE running in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and corresponding server versions.

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First, the patch was unchecked on most Windows 7 PCs, even though it appears in the Important Windows Update list.

A checked patch is one that is installed when Windows Update runs.) The patch is checked on Windows 8.1 systems and on Vista.

Its not clear if the patch was originally unchecked on Win7 PCs or if Microsoft dropped the check mark shortly after the patch rolled out.

Second, red lights went up all over China that the patch was throwing a blue screen error 0x0000006B.

Its a nasty and recurring error on boot, and the only way to get out of the error is to boot with some other media and uninstall the patch.

Makes me wonder if theres a conflict between KB3146706 and a program thats commonly run in China.

We saw something similar three years ago with KB 2823324, which triggered BSODs on many computers in Brazil.

My Windows 7 test machines currently show KB 3146706 as Important but not checked.

After struggling through automated translations of Chinese websites, its become more apparent to me that the 0x0000006B blue screens appear on Chinese-language Windows 7 systems with a specific pirate copy generally called Ghost (most likely in reference to Nortons Ghost hard drive copying program).

I hate to be ignorant of what half the worlds population is doing.

I remember being in China 10 years ago, and I couldnt figure out why every other disk in a software shop said Ghost on it.

I didnt look forward to the hour or so plus reboots involved to reinstall Windows.

Shortly after the technician put in a windows cd, I noticed the Ghost interface came up.

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After 5 or so minutes, Ghost was finished, then a special driver window appeared, automatically installing drivers.

The technician said that the one Ghost cd (obviously specially modified) would install Windows on any computer After the operating system was totally installed I did a Malwarebytes scan and there were 3 viruses (apparently already present on the install cd).

In the time I was there, Id guess less than 10 percent -- more likely fewer than 1 percent -- of the consumer PCs sold and repaired in Thailand had genuine copies of Windows.

If you took your perfectly valid, U.S.-bought Windows 7 laptop in for repairs, more often than not it was returned with a pirate copy of Windows.

Is this an attempt by Microsoft to wipe out a wide swath of illegal copies of Windows Or is it simply roadkill on the path to Windows 10 Without a doubt, Microsofts under no obligation to make its patches work with illegal copies of Windows.

KB 3146706 may have been put on hold for a completely different reason.

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