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by blahi 3498 days ago
Kaspersky and all of the AV vendors deserve to get wiped out.
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I'd like to know why you think that, and also if you think that W10's unstoppable updates is the right way.
Not the grandparent, but I think the issue is that people want clients to have an uptime that is comparable to a server.

Windows Server has controllable updates and reboots. Win 10 - is a client OS and wasn't designed with the same level of hardening and shouldn't have the same uptime requirements.

The challenge is convincing the general public of this; people want a Ford Fiesta with the speed and features of a Audi R8, meaning they want the best of all worlds at reasonable cost and no penalties.

By forcing updates on clients, MS has eliminated a generation of machines being owned by various botnets. They've also made it relatively cheap to get a server in Azure should you have a temporary need for uptime (like a research project for a week).

That aside, some portions of those updates are bad (like removing functionality, pushing telemetry, etc), but the overall strategy of auto updating isn't a bad idea if they can convince people to adjust to it and use Server when they need stability.

Probably not wise while Windows Defender is so crappy in terms of analysis and detection.