Is EULA demand a Trojan Horse I should try to clean up?

[Walt Weber]

About 1.5 years ago I bought and installed and have since
used extensively Office XP. Today, after downloading and
installing the 'Critical Updates' from Microsoft, I'm
receiving a dialog box demanding I accept a EULA (I did
that a year and a half ago for this package). So far,
I've just ended the task for each of the Office
applications I've tried.

Is this EULA demand legitimately from Microsoft, or have I
picked up some kind of bug that is using any response to
the dialog to get further into my system?

I know my copy of Office XP is legal and legitimate. And
my Excel 2003 install is not affected though it also
received a 'Critical Update' today.

A response by someone at Microsoft would be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Walt Weber
Win XP sp2; Ofc XP; Excel 2003(Added in addn. to Excel
2002 in Ofc XP)

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

It's legit.

Tom
| About 1.5 years ago I bought and installed and have since
| used extensively Office XP. Today, after downloading and
| installing the 'Critical Updates' from Microsoft, I'm
| receiving a dialog box demanding I accept a EULA (I did
| that a year and a half ago for this package). So far,
| I've just ended the task for each of the Office
| applications I've tried.
|
| Is this EULA demand legitimately from Microsoft, or have I
| picked up some kind of bug that is using any response to
| the dialog to get further into my system?
|
| I know my copy of Office XP is legal and legitimate. And
| my Excel 2003 install is not affected though it also
| received a 'Critical Update' today.
|
| A response by someone at Microsoft would be appreciated.
|
| Best Regards,
| Walt Weber
| Win XP sp2; Ofc XP; Excel 2003(Added in addn. to Excel
| 2002 in Ofc XP)

 

[Walt Weber]

Thank you Tom. I'll skip the 'why?'.

Best Regards,
Walt