February 9th 2016 Windows Security Update Release Summary

Indianatone said:

ThrashZone said:

Short version
Net framework 4.6.1 is a Recommended update not a Important update
If your update settings were like this it would not be listed in the Important section
Attachment 381550

Once again on my 4 main PC's this setting was changed to Download and install automatically.
I have upgrades turned off in Groups Policy and the registry settings set not to download or upgrade the OS. M$ seems to want to override these settings.

The only time I've personally seen those settings change is after running third party software that checks for updates. Comodo Programs Manager was one such program. Also there are a few others.

Suggest:

Check settings here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

Here's mine:

More info: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...(v=ws.10).aspx

I use a real time registry monitor that prompts me to accept changes when important keys are modified.

You can see that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU is one of the many keys that are monitored.

Just a thought!

UsernameIssues said:

I've seen more than one thread where update settings changed and AVAST was involved. Here is one... but I just skimmed the first post. (avast internet security pro)

I did have some issue with Avast's Deep Scan setting.
I can't remember what the issue was (it must have been something obvious, like a loss of HDD space).

I'll have to see if I posted about it.

Additional
It was a System Restore issue.
System Protection is turning itself on and settings are changing

Who would have thought that the biggest threat to Windows 7 is Microsoft themselves.....