AN OPEN LETTER TO SYMANTEC
Dear Symantec:
You could double your revenue from this customer by expanding your anti-spyware offerings to include, perhaps optionally, a constantly-updated list of Windows updates that exist so Microsoft can spy on the user or nag or trick him or her into buying the company’s latest products.
I have spent too much time this afternoon manually uninstalling various updates, running Windows Update, and then unchecking and hiding the same updates there–this on two computers. After comparing the updates to a little blacklist I have gleaned from this and another forum, I ended up unchecking and hiding all except the “security” updates and the Malicious Software Removal Tool.
Hiding updates is increasingly pointless, as Microsoft has adopted the tactic of reissuing multiple new versions. Here is your opportunity, Symantec! You have already invested the resources to detect the latest spyware, including programs that trick users into clicking on them, the way Microsoft now does. Why should millions of customers assemble blacklists and manually inspect the updates recommended by Windows Updates, when you can do this so much more efficiently?
Seriously. Increased revenue through real innovation. Do some good for the world, at the same time.
Posted on the Microsoft Community forum and here: http://www.askwoody.com/2015/microsoft-clobbers-block-win10-upgrade-settings/