Important Information for Trend Micro Solutions and Microsoft January 2018 Security Updates

Important Information for Trend Micro Solutions and Microsoft January 2018 Security Updates
Solution ID: 1118996 Last Updated: Jan. 04, 2018 5:51 AM (PST) Applies to: Antivirus+ Security - All
On January 3, 2018, Microsoft began to release its monthly Security Bulletin early due to the newly revealed CPU security flaws. Microsoft's January 3 and upcoming January 9 updates implement new requirements to ensure that security and anti-virus software is compatible.
Customers running any version of Trend Micro Security will require a new Microsoft Windows registry key to allow the Windows Update to automatically occur. Microsoft is not providing a tool to add this registry key, therefore Trend Micro is offering several options, to ensure customers are able to receive the January Microsoft patches as quickly possible in conjunction with Trend Micro security software deployment.

Solution
Here are the available options:
OPTION 1: Download and run ALLOW REGKEY.reg to let Windows receive 2018 1B update
OPTION 2: Manually add the Registry Key
Additional Assistance
Contact Trend Micro Technical Support for assistance or you may also check these additional references:
Microsoft Knowledge Base information (KB4056892)
Information on how to download updates directly from the Windows Update Catalog

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