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Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages
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fartwhif commented Jul 28, 2022 •
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VS 2005 SP1 MVC
is not the same as
VS 2005 SP1
and the one that Microsoft is still hosting, the MVC one, doesn't work for some software and prevents the software from running until the real one (the real one was taken down by Microsoft) is installed.....

GOOD THING IT'S REDISTRIBUTABLE!!!

good grief, Microsoft...

https://web.archive.org/web/20190419092632/https://download.microsoft.com/download/e/1/c/e1c773de-73ba-494a-a5ba-f24906ecf088/vcredist_x86.exe

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Squall-Leonhart commented Oct 1, 2025 •
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There is something that is missing here. Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 runtime does not have a package of it's own like later versions. When one wants to run a program that needs msvcrt71.dll (and in my case I wanted to run PBL Peeper) none of these packages fits.

scroll up.

MSVC 7.1 files were app packaged, there was never a redist.

Shame on your app vendor for not including the files. (Some installers WRONGLY copied these files to system32)

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fartwhif commented Oct 1, 2025 •
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some kind of malware scam going on here. https://gist.github.com/mmozeiko/de5d9b756bd11b77db8bf4253bed8b3e?permalink_comment_id=5782703#gistcomment-5782703 is a phishing scam fake quote reply, don't click the link, it's a "crack site" . the original comment didn't have that link so he doctored the quote.

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fartwhif commented Oct 4, 2025 •
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what is going on github I just received another phishing email that appears to be a notification, and since i commented 3 days ago the original post in this thread was deleted. I reported it then too, but I don't think the scammer is resolved

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mmozeiko commented Oct 4, 2025

Bots tend to leave links to malware or phishing sites in github issues or gist comments for popular google searches. This is nothing new. Happens all the time. Just delete comment and/or block user.

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fartwhif commented Oct 5, 2025

i understand that scam artists use bots to do things like link to malware whenever they find ways to do so, i'm just wondering how long it takes for Microsoft to find and zap these people and their droppings

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