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It's just a cautionary warning I give people as most don't know what to look for or don't know what they are seeing.Generally installers are unnecessary third party software that often have other software piggybacked on them and or want to set themselves up as the primary installer, typically not a smart idea. Many also have ad popups attached so not the best of ideas there either.Download the GWX Control Panel.I have disabled the GWXUX that keeps popping up "psst" boxes off the tray, and I'm sure it's no accident those boxes are completely blank in the hopes you'll click something without being able to see what you're dong. In the past I have removed the KB3035583 update, only to have it reinstall itself. Now I can't re-uninstall KB3035583 --- I can see it sitting there but when I go to the list that actually lets you uninstall ---- it doesn't show up.
Bastids!
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Use the 'Download Standalone' link.
Why do you advise the standalone as opposed to the installer? I just downloaded the exe.
I know what you mean, but after checking out other people's experiences and watching the install, I didn't see any of that going on. Saw no changes anywhere except that, and this may be subjective, the whole system seems to be smoother now.
This appears to be a white knight just doing what's right for the community. I searched for complaints, couldn't find any.
Plus, I want the tool to stay updated for when Microplop counters it and requires a counter-counter. Or as the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon would have put it, the anti-anti-missle-missle-missle.
Yes, and it's worthwhile advice in general. I just thought there may have been something specific to this tool. As there isn't, I won't worry about it.
You were also my guru for Glary Utilities in the past, which I continue to load the latest exe, and that's working well too. Some things try to sneak stuff in, some don't.
Now my AVG is constantly (lately) trying to muscle in on my search engine, so that gets a nix.