emailbattles.com — It appears as though Microsoft has a backdoor in Windows that can allow Microsoft to download and execute code on your machine. This article alleges that even with the "Automatic Updates" setting set to Download/Ask, Microsoft has flagged this patch to install/reboot without asking for permission. To quote Mr. Horse "No Sir, I don't like it!"
Jan 10, 2006 View in Crawl 4
supermunchkinJan 10, 2006
What i hate is that damn popup after the updates saying i need to reboot. It pops up at the most inoppertune moments and won't go away, and if you walk away from your computer, it'll reboot your computer, closing any apps you may have open and all. A "yeah, i know, i'll reboot when i'm damn well ready for it" checkbox would be nice.
peterixJan 10, 2006
HA!How about modifiing the autoupdate to get 'updates' from somewhere else?That would be ultra-worm-funny!
godshandJan 10, 2006
This is yet another BS digg. You guys are quick to judge. Find out the facts first.
elwood_bluesJan 11, 2006
Hence, I don't run Automatic Updates. Didn't you see iRobot!
jabfishJan 11, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/counterwmf">http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/counterwmf</a>
gamefoo21Jan 11, 2006
LOL... this guy is a tool in the story... Mine downloaded and alerted me as to when I wanted to install and reboot like I have it set...No digg for FUD!
slorocksJan 12, 2006
This is what happened to me also. I have my system set to only notify me of updates, and this update box poped up, download in progress and told me that when it was finished that I needed to restart my system. I knew that the patch was there, I had the third party patch installed and wanted to look at the MS patch more closely before downloading. I thought that was wrong that they didn't follow what option I chose.