Genuine Spyware from Microsoft (KB949810) #microsoft #spyware

 

KB949810Microsoft’s latest automatic Windows Update is totally unacceptable. I’m talking about KB949810, pushed out in the latest raft of updates in the USA.

The software installed by KB949810 has only one purpose: to collect personally identifiable information about you and your computer and send it to Microsoft. It does this over and over, and Microsoft does not support uninstalling it.

No, I’m not kidding. This is spyware, pure and simple. Here are some details, known side-effects of this software, and possible remedies.

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