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from the now-THAT-is-what-I-call-a-DDoS! dept.
The problem is affecting domain-attached Windows 7 PCs not signed up to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for patches and updates, but looking for a Microsoft update instead.
The upshot is PCs, ranging from 10s to hundreds at a time, simultaneously chowing down on the 3GB-plus Windows 10 load, killing business networks.
[...] And it’s all happening despite Microsoft promising – here – that it wouldn’t.
[...] Users have logged urgent enquiries with Microsoft’s helpdesk but in the meantime have resorted to triage to stop the problem.
That means blocking traffic at the firewall stage that would normally have gone to Microsoft Update. Another option is to switch settings to the WSUS server.
Any Soylentils run into this problem? What have you done to cope with it?
(Score: 4, Informative) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday August 08 2015, @04:58PM
If you have Windows 10? It's not just your computer. Here's a list of other things Microsoft copies, catalogues and indexes for their own uses:
Your documents
Your messages
Your emails
Your photos
Your media metadata and usage
Your browser histories and passwords
Your Facebook activity
Your network encryption secrets
Your mobile number
Your microphone and camera - remotely activated
Your present location - linked to all the above
Windows 10: Resist now, or don't say later that I didn't tell you.
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