I have a question about Enabling or Disabling Automatic Windows Update:

When I disabled Windows Update and got rid of the icon, Windows is still trying to access the windows update site. I blocked heaps of these addresses and it keeps trying different ones. Finally I went to the services page and disables the service which was still running. Guess I'll see how it goes now. My question is why doesn't my spyware software pick this up. surely if I have specifically disabled this what right has it got to continue attempting access, using my system resourses etc doesn't this qualify as spyware. Why does windows want it to continue accessing the net after I have disabled it? and why when I search google don't I find any references to this?

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Its probably because you actually have spyware on your system. The programs have no reason to block the update process, then everyone that uses updates would get it every time they scan for spyware. sounds like you have something else going on in your system if you have disabled windows updates.


On Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 3:00 pm, Stuart wrote:
>I have a question about Enabling
>or Disabling Automatic Windows Update:

>When I disabled Windows Update and got rid of the icon, Windows is still trying
>to access the windows update site. I blocked heaps of these addresses and it keeps
>trying different ones. Finally I went to the services page and disables the service
>which was still running. Guess I'll see how it goes now. My question is why doesn't
>my spyware software pick this up. surely if I have specifically disabled this what
>right has it got to continue attempting access, using my system resourses etc doesn't
>this qualify as spyware. Why does windows want it to continue accessing the net
>after I have disabled it? and why when I search google don't I find any references
>to this?
>

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Spybot and similar programs do NOT search for violations of our internal directions 
to Windows. They search for known, predefined spyware. They use references that should 
be updated on a regular basis. 

Microsoft, on the otherhand, wants WindowsXP to update itself. In their opinion, 
it is in your best interest for this to happen. You need to check for virus, spyware 
and adware again, but you also need verify that you have properly instructed MS not 
to update Windows.

Control Panel > Automatic Uptdates > Disable







On Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 3:00 pm, Stuart wrote:

>I have a question about Enabling 

>or Disabling Automatic Windows Update:


>When I disabled Windows Update and got rid of the icon,  Windows is still trying 

>to access the windows update site.  I blocked heaps of these addresses and it keeps 

>trying different ones.  Finally I went to the services page and disables the service 

>which was still running.  Guess I'll see how it goes now.  My question is why doesn't 

>my spyware software pick this up.  surely if I have specifically disabled this what 

>right has it got to continue attempting access, using my system resourses etc doesn't 

>this qualify as spyware.  Why does windows want it to continue accessing the net 

>after I have disabled it?  and why when I search google don't I find any references 

>to this?

>
 

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