Service Next To Web alert yesterday that Samsung is blocking the possibility of updating Windows. Some users have discovered on their machines because the file named “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe.”
The extracts from the following conclusions: Samsung expose users to cyber attacks because they disables the ability to download patches. Business Insider even wrote that the aforementioned application “is taken quietly.”
The media also clarify one of the employees Samsung. According to them, blocking Windows updates would be enforced after this, that there are no problems with drivers, for example, that the new version of Windows would not work properly.
A quarter of a truth
We decided to check the above news . Basically they turn out to be completely unfounded. Representatives of Samsung explained to us that the file “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” actually is Samsung’s computers. However, there is a specific reason for doing so.
It’s about SW Update application. It is the official software Samsung used to update applications, drivers and Windows. From this application the user can choose which components you want to update the system. If he decides he does not want to update the “windows” SW Update app will download a tool called “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” and run it.
Of course, you can not use the application SW Update and alone, in the Control Panel, turn off updates. SW Update is a universal tool but, in a sense duplicate the settings of Windows. Thanks to him “in one place” we have control over all the updates on the computer. Samsung nothing so for us it does not block. Turn off Windows updates only if they choose this option.
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