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by McDev 1142 days ago
After what I think was the same Windows 10 update last month I noticed a giant Edge search bar planted in the middle of my desktop which I did not ask for. I've since rolled back the update and group policy disabled Windows Updates entirely
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jackbrookes 1142 days ago
Disabling updates in a recipe for malware - you can remove the search bar in 4 clicks.
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retrocryptid 1142 days ago
You can remove windows in quite a few more clicks, but it's ultimately worth it. Though I wouldn't put it past Canonical to add ads to the default desktop at some point.
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zgk7iqea 1142 days ago
Hey did that in the past with the amazon integration
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Karunamon 1142 days ago
At some point it's going to be worth calculating whether malware (the vast majority of which is mitigated by not running as admin) or the latest update is going to be more disruptive to your workflow.

At least on the systems I manage, workstation updates have been responsible for a lot larger share of the same kind of problems (data loss, availability loss, etc.) that I am starting to get questions that I don't have very convincing answers for.

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anon3242 1141 days ago
I would rather have malware ---- at least it happened under my control.

However, I really wonder what kind of attack surfaces I may have, if I have zero exposed ports, never plug in any drive from untrusted sources, and always double and triple check any program before running? I haven't used any antivirus(including windows defender) since I got my first computer and never got any virus, also I monitor my running processes frequently and have an adequate knowledge of windows internals. Malwares are not like COVID-19...

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doodlesdev 1141 days ago 

   > never got any virus
That you know of...

   > I monitor my running processes frequently
PSA: Search for something called lolbin. Short for "living off the land binaries". Not every malware needs to have it's own process or will be easily identifiable when looking at a process list.

Anyways, you can simply disable feature updates on Windows and keep the security ones until that specific version reaches EOL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/take-control...

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pritambaral 1142 days ago
> you can remove the search bar in 4 clicks.

On every major update. It's just a nag.

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