Because of weaknesses in the SHA-1 algorithm and to align to industry standards, we have changed the signing of Windows updates to use the more secure SHA-2 algorithm exclusively. The signatures are used to authenticate that the updates come directly from Microsoft and were not tampered with during delivery. To help protect the security of the Windows operating system, updates were previously signed (using both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms).
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