Microsoft MVP: "Samsung deliberately disabling Windows Update"

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Link: Debugging and reverse engineering: Samsung deliberately disabling Windows Update

 

On my home forum Sysnative, a user (wavly) was being assisted with a WU issue, which was going well, aside from the fact that wavly's WU kept getting disabled randomly. It was figured out eventually after using auditpol.exe and registry security auditing that the program that was responsible for disabling WU was Disable_Windowsupdate.exe, which is part of Samsung's SW Update software.

 

SW Update is your typical OEM updating software that will update your Samsung drivers, the bloatware that came on your Samsung machine, etc. The only difference between other OEM updating software is, Samsung's disables WU...

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Also reported by the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33269868

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Samsung will patch its software to stop disabling Windows Update ‘within a few days’

 

“Samsung has a commitment to security and we continue to value our partnership with Microsoft,” a Samsung spokesperson told VentureBeat. “We will be issuing a patch through the Samsung Software Update notification process to revert back to the recommended automatic Windows Update settings within a few days. Samsung remains committed to providing a trustworthy user experience and we encourage customers with product questions or concerns to contact us directly at 1-800-SAMSUNG.”

 

How many users are actually going to install the patch though? Some will probably just ignore the notification.