Endless updates when PC is "Shut Down"

Hi there,

I've seen this issue before on a Win 7 machine, just out of curiosity have you checked which updates are being installed?? I've noticed a certain Office 2k10 update (the exact reference number escapes me) but after disabling this update (I hard powered down and started again to see what failed) all updates went through fine.

If you have this product installed, do check to see if there is one update that appears everytime you try to update.

To turn automatic updates off:

Open Run (either from start menu or press Windows+R)
Type WUAPP
In the window that opens on the left, click change settings.
In the box with the drop down options, select the bottom option (Don't check for updates)

I think most updates are a total waste of time.
Windows is full of holes deliberately so I think for the sake of the government spies, wanting access they get it.
My HTPC, I installed windows 7, turned off updates.
Decided last month to go ahead update hundred plus what they call critical updates after a few years of no problems.
I have installed very few optional updates.
Mostly if it is working, I dont want an update to break something.

just a quick search shows this.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/...s-by-1999.html

A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had built an NSA “help information” trapdoor into its Notes system, and that security functions on other software systems had been deliberately crippled.

Government can put malware right into device firmware, so everytime you turn it on, the PC is doing what they want and they can see it all. So it just reinfects every time you use whatever device.
Most people dont know a thing about this.

I would not doubt that some critical updates are enablers for improved government access!

sdowney717 said:

I think most updates are a total waste of time.
Windows is full of holes deliberately so I think for the sake of the government spies, wanting access they get it.
My HTPC, I installed windows 7, turned off updates.
Decided last month to go ahead update hundred plus what they call critical updates after a few years of no problems.
I have installed very few optional updates.
Mostly if it is working, I dont want an update to break something.

just a quick search shows this.
NSA Built Back Door In All Windows Software by 1999 Washington's Blog

A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had built an NSA “help information” trapdoor into its Notes system, and that security functions on other software systems had been deliberately crippled.

Government can put malware right into device firmware, so everytime you turn it on, the PC is doing what they want and they can see it all. So it just reinfects every time you use whatever device.
Most people dont know a thing about this.

I would not doubt that some critical updates are enablers for improved government access!

I worry more about what's coming through the front door with corporations tracking my every move on the Internet then I do about the government at the back door.

bigmck said:

sdowney717 said:

Government can put malware right into device firmware, so everytime you turn it on, the PC is doing what they want and they can see it all. So it just reinfects every time you use whatever device.
Most people dont know a thing about this.

I would not doubt that some critical updates are enablers for improved government access!

You have been watching the too much late night TV.

Are we having fun yet?
ASFAIK, I don't do anything suspicious, or say anything dumb on the net, so the government interest in me should be low.

I do post on Christian Forums, so if Christianity was outlawed, my freedom to post would bring me into danger with the government, as happens in various places around the world.

Do you feel a loss of privacy knowing they can do what they want with you say and do? whether they do or not, they can if they want gather up lots of useless data.

Let's get back to what works best with WIn7, based on tens of thousands of cases we've helped with here where most of the Best Practices were developed for Win7 maintenance and repair.

Always have your Windows Updates set to Automatic.

Enable Automatically deliver drivers via Windows Update (Step 3) so you will get a richer selection of drivers provided.

Allow Windows Upates to install with however many reboots are required to sort itself out. Afterwards go back to Check for Updates and install all Important and Optional until there are no more.

May I suggest you use the AV which is nearly unanimously recommended here for all five years due to lack of issues caused. Uninstall Bitdefender and try Microsoft Security Essentials, update and run a full scan.

Just to be sure install now Malwarebytes, update and run a Fulll scan with it too.