From: Mike '/m' 

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:48:26 -0400, Gregg N  wrote:

>Mike '/m' wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:26:18 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>>
>>> "Gregg N"  wrote in
message news:44542e9a$1{at}w3....
>>>
>>>> I must have missed something in this thread. What did WU
do that made
>>>> you mistrust it? Using it to update Windows Defender seems like a
>>>> reasonable idea. Why not?
>>>
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/04/microsoft_expands_antipi
racy_p.html
>>
>> From the article...
>>
>> ===
>> For my part, I turned off Automatic Updates several months ago, mainly
>> because I got sick of telling Windows not to install its "malicious
>> software removal tool," (even though I checked the box next
to "don't
>> ask again" or something to that effect, Windows asks permission to
>> reinstall the program every time other updates are available).
>> ===
>>
>> And I thought it was just me that Microsoft was trying to force that
>> malicious software removal tool upon.  I'm glad to see that Microsoft is
>> pissing off others as well, by not listening to what the user wants to
>> do with his/her own PC.
>>
>>  /m
>
>I think the "don't tell me about this" means this *particular* update
>(e.g., security update xxxx, or May's malicious removal tool), not this
>type of download. IOW, you can tell it to stop telling you about a
>particular patch or a particular malicious removal tool, but not all
>patches or all malicious removal tools.

The text does not indicate it is a particular update.  I have seen the
April 2006 prompt all during April, even though each time I say I do not
want to see it any more.

===
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2006 (KB890830) Download
size: 1.7 MB , less than 1 minute After the download, this tool runs once
to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious
software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any
infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status
report the next time you start your computer. A new version of the tool
will be offered every month. If you want to manually run the tool on your
computer, you can download a copy from the Microsoft Download Center or run
an online version from microsoft.com. This tool is not a replacement for an
anti-virus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an
anti-virus product.
===


I keep on telling Microsoft Update that I do not want to see this update
anymore, yet I continue to see it.

It's just another example, as Geo. oft says, of Windows taking my commands
as mere suggestions.

 /m

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