Not DirectX 10 On Windows XP. Ignore.

[TheXel48]

Post / link removed by TGGA as a suspect trojan/bot

 

[andybird123]

I'll let someone else try this first as it screams malware to me

 

[eRazor]

Hmmm... 3 posts total and one of them is a link to rapidshare... That screams trouble.

No mention anywhere else on the interlag about it either. I'll give it a miss thanks.

 

[rivalneighbour]

Who released this patch? who's project is this? where is the README in the folder? need to know the pros and cons before installing this. thanks for trying but need more info about this.

 

[XndeX]

dunno if this is the same thing but try here http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-directx-10-for-windows-xp-from-alky-project/

 

[choirbass]

just to save everyone else the trouble, i downloaded it, scanned the compressed rar, found nothing, extracted the exe, changed the extension to attempt to extract it, only had an error then, renamed the extension back to exe, executed it... all it did was disappear from my desktop, so i promptly disabled my network adapter, scanned my C drive, didnt find anything after a minute or so, so i just went and did a system restore to earlier this morning... ...the file apparently does nothing worthwhile, (and possibly only destructive) and isnt worth the hassle to download based on what i saw

 

[Arctucas]

I submitted the file to some anti-malware vendors, we'll see what they say.
Interesting that the OP posted the same link in three sub-forums.
Could be legit, could be a nasty.
I'll post back when I get a reply from the anti-malware people.

Got one result back:
Dear customer,

Thank you for using CA Security Advisor.

This is to notify you of the results of your submission, issue number
1027219. Please keep this issue number for future reference.
We have successfully received the following files, and present to you
our preliminary findings based on automated analysis:

FILE SIZE CONCLUSION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10XP_Patch_v1.0.1.rar 1351360 clean
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10_XP_Patch_v1.01.exe 1377344
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UPDATE:
Dear customer,

Thank you for using CA Security Advisor.

This is to notify you of the results of your submission, issue number
1027219. Please keep this issue number for future reference.
Please see below for the final results of our analysis of your file
submission.

We successfully received the following files:

FILE SIZE CONCLUSION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10XP_Patch_v1.0.1.rar 1351360 clean
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10_XP_Patch_v1.01.exe 1377344 confirmed malware
------------------------------------------------------------------------

FILE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10XP_Patch_v1.0.1.rar
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Rar Archive file "DX10XP_Patch_v1.0.1.rar" has been determined to
be clean. For the results of files contained please see below.


FILE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DX10_XP_Patch_v1.01.exe
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Windows PE (I386,EXE) file "DX10_XP_Patch_v1.01.exe" has been
determined to be malicious. Our researchers have analyzed the file and
confirmed the result.


Second one:
Thank you for submitting your malware sample to the Sunbelt CWSandbox.
Attached are the results of your sample for malware ID 848198.

The result of your scan was: the binary is no valid windows application

 

[Arctucas]

The Falling Leaf zip is 824KB, the OPs file is 1.28MB.

 

[Hatman]

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35110

 

[Arctucas]

A link to the INQ from October last, that links to another INQ article from September '05 that links to one more INQ article two weeks before?

Last I heard, the Vole is adamant about keeping DX10 Vista only (you know, sell new OS; make more money).

 

[MaxLatG]

Not gonna happen...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/archive/2007/06/28/dx10-on-xp-round-2.aspx

 

[killer_roach]

HatMan: DirectX 9.0L has nothing to do with XP. It's Vista-only as well (the "L" stands for "Longhorn" or "legacy", take your pick). The purpose of DirectX 9.0L is to allow people to play DX9 games in Vista, considering the move to the WDDM. Nothing more.