Really makes you think...

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>>57955468
go on...

How dangerous is this, realistically?

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>>57955468
>tfw you disable windows update and everything update related so hard that the updater breaks and you get a (null)

>relative/friend needs a fresh OS install
>install Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
>immediately disable updates and update notifications
>not a single problem ever

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>>57957353

>>57955468
with how shitty windows update is, i get the notification of an update to install weeks after patch tuesdays

>>57955468
You installed an .exe update, nice

>>57957375
But i don't want updates at all.

Already compared a fully updated with drivers W7 Enterprise setup to a clean W7 setup with only drivers and no updates a couple of months ago, the updated one felt more sluggish than the clean one.

They also don't add anything of value and i bet there's more botnet or telemetry shit hidden anyway.

windows users, everybody!

>>57957492
yeah I was just sharing that image because Femanon saved my ass with that info. I had turned off all that telemetry and windows 10 bullshit awhile back when they were trying to force it on everyone, and my updates eventually broke. did a fresh install hoping that would fix it, but updates still didn't work then either. but manually installing those 4 updates and restarting after each did the trick, then I just avoided installing anything telemetry related when going through the huge fucking batch from the fresh install. they probably slipped some bullshit in there but I barely ever boot that partition anyway so who cares

t. blogger

>>57957332
There's tons of viruses out there that use already patched vulnerabilities, hoping they'll find a person with unpatched software (and there's a lot of them). You can find these vulnerabilities pretty much anywhere, so it's not like its hard to do.

If you don't believe me, here's a notable example.
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/an-analysis-of-a-windows-kernel-mode-vulnerability-cve-2014-4113/
It's a bit older, but honestly I don't want to do any more searching of privilege escalation vulnerabilities without having a VPN first.

It's an example of an issue within the windows kernal that, as the article says, when executed successfully can allow for administrative rights from a non admin user. That means it could pretty much turn your computer into a toaster, or a zombie computer in a botnet. You run the risk of downloading and installing any piece of software, even if its a software from a company you trust, like Mozilla. Mozilla could just as easily be hacked into and have their binaries be replaced.

>>57958497
Here you go
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-17153/Microsoft-Windows-7.html

>>57958562
That was the website I was looking for, thanks bruh