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New Windows 7 Patch Is Effectively Malware, According to Forbes.

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday December 14 2014, @12:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-what-now? dept.

sigma writes:

Microsoft has just confirmed that their recent update (KB 3004394) is causing a range of serious problems and recommends removing it.

Users are reporting that USB 3.0 drivers are broken, User Account Control (UAC) prompts are behaving oddly and the Windows Defender anti-malware service has been disabled by the update. Microsoft has acknowledged that it even prevents the installation of future Windows Updates.

Note that the problems with this patch only apply to Windows 7, so if you have been diligent in paying your Microsoft tax, you're safe. If insist on staying with an old OS, and have Windows 7 set to automatically update every Tuesday, you should consider permanently disabling that feature.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2014/12/13/new-windows-7-patch-is-effectively-malware-disables-graphics-driver-updates-and-windows-defender/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Sunday December 14 2014, @02:54PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Sunday December 14 2014, @02:54PM (#125948)

    Consider a spy for a foreign government

    I'm sorry, I'm not following your reasoning.

    (for reference http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/5/5263/1.html) [heise.de]

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by francois.barbier on Monday December 15 2014, @05:59PM

    by francois.barbier (651) on Monday December 15 2014, @05:59PM (#126235)

    Considering your link is 404, I can't follow yours either :-)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 15 2014, @09:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 15 2014, @09:14PM (#126307)

      Try the Backspace key.
      To the GP: Whitespace between a URL and punctuation|diacritical marks is advised.

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