Something suss about Microsoft’s WSUS?

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    Something suss about Microsoft’s WSUS?



    An update to Microsoft’s Windows Desktop Search tool was accidentally rolled out to desktops and servers around the world on computer networks using Microsoft’s WSUS update tool, even though many had blocked the update, infuriating system admins worldwide. An update to Microsoft’s Windows Desktop Search tool for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1+ systems that was actually a new version of the tool installed itself automatically, without authorization, on corporate computer systems worldwide last week.

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    1. greenbrucelee
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      Sometimes it makes you wonder what the updates you get actually are.

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