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Samsung disabling Windows Update, just like malware does

Members of the Sysnative forum tried to help a user with a computer problem stumbled across something curious: Windows Update kept randomly being disabled. Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker discovered that Samsungs SW Update software was downloading and running a file with the unambiguous name of Disable_Windowsupdate.exe. Barker confirmed that the executable file is signed by Samsung: “Yes, it really does appear to be Samsung’s software which is doing this”Quite why Samsung thinks it’s such a good idea to disable Windows Update is a mystery.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/samsung-disabled-windows-update/

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