KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption

Anonymous
2015-02-10T21:06:56+00:00

February 2015 update KB3013455 causes 'Courier New' font corruption on some Windows systems, I can confirm it for Windows Server 2003 and 2008. You can verify it in Notepad. Removing the update fixes the issue.

Windows 7 and 8.1 are not affected by the update.

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Anonymous
2015-02-12T05:17:15+00:00

Yes Remove/Add Program >> View Installed Windows Updates >> I added the column to display installation date, reverse sorted and found "3013455" ((this update), then Uninstalled it.

This was common in the late 90's/early 2000's, had to remember which updates not to install that would break things. It's been solid for at least a decade, now this.

I don't really care what the fix is for. If I can't read my screen from my chair, I need to resolve it to do my job (own a web design firm).

I share the same opinion as this article "...the bottom line here is that if you want to be able to actually read the screen, you'll want to hold off installing this update until the problem is fixed."

http://windowsitpro.com/msrc/patch-tuesday-font-corruption-kb3013455

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Anonymous
2015-02-18T18:42:43+00:00

The link for all downloads is:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/Results.aspx?q=kb3013455&form=DLC

Choose your OS from the half dozen big options at the top and it brings you right to the download page.

Hit the big red download button and it should offer you two updates:

kb3013455   (the original that breaks fonts)

and

KB3037639  (the secondary update to fix fonts)

I installed the original, said do not reboot, and installed the second.

After reboot I appear patched and my fonts are good.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T12:31:40+00:00

    The problem occurs with Arial fonts as well. For now, I have uninstalled the update and I hid it in the list, so it doesn't keep trying to re-install itself. I wish MS would come out with a clean update without this problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T12:51:27+00:00

    That's right. I'm struggling with Arial font issue on Win XP. My Win 7 machine is happy, even with KB3013455...

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-13T14:08:09+00:00

    It definitely corrupted the fonts appearing on many pages in FireFox on Vista Home Premium. Social sites, news articles, etc.

    On one page every letter and numeral had horns! On FaceBook the font had an 80s scifi look.

    I uninstalled KB3013455 yesterday when the problem first appeared and found others online having the same problem. All the fonts returned to normal afterwards, but because of my settings it re-installed when I shutdown last night and re-started this morning.

    I have changed my update settings and am taking it back off until it is fixed. Hope that's safe!

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