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**deackatera** · 06-18-2011, 07:28 PM

Change the settings in Control Panel, Automatic Updates, to "Download updates but let me chose when to install them" But be vigilant about it. When that little yellow shield with an exclamation point icon appears, do your updates, ASAP. Most updates are security related and hackers reverse engineer them so that they can figure out exploits for those out there they don't update as often as they should.

Or don't. I can use the money after the hackers have pwnd your* system with a rootkit.

* I'm talking to everybody not just BFFT reading this. Do your updates, everytime, Windows, Java, Flash, or Adobe PDF reader wants to update. Most of my service calls are from virues that exploit java and pdf files. And 90% of the machines that are brought to me for service, even hardware service have been rooted.

06-18-2011, 07:28 PM	#2
deackatera Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Change the settings in Control Panel, Automatic Updates, to "Download updates but let me chose when to install them" But be vigilant about it. When that little yellow shield with an exclamation point icon appears, do your updates, ASAP. Most updates are security related and hackers reverse engineer them so that they can figure out exploits for those out there they don't update as often as they should. Or don't. I can use the money after the hackers have pwnd your* system with a rootkit. * I'm talking to everybody not just BFFT reading this. Do your updates, everytime, Windows, Java, Flash, or Adobe PDF reader wants to update. Most of my service calls are from virues that exploit java and pdf files. And 90% of the machines that are brought to me for service, even hardware service have been rooted.
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