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Disable auto-updates, just like you should with every piece of software on your machine. This was the result of letting other people silently replace your progr
by username223 8mo ago
Disable auto-updates, just like you should with every piece of software on your machine. This was the result of letting other people silently replace your programs. Don't allow that.
- bibimsz 8mo agothat's why I still run Windows XP. Automatic updates are dangerous!
- username223 8mo agoHow's Windows 11 treating you, my man?
- pxc 8mo agoCentralized automatic updates, like those of a Linux distribution or Microsoft's Windows Updates, involve giving permission to way fewer parties permission to download and run (unsigned, in the case of Notepad++ this time) code on your machine with high privileges. And for more modern software distribution mechanisms (e.g., Nix, Guix, Flatpak), centralized package updates may not actually run any vendor code with high privileges at all. The norm for proprietary software updates on Windows is indeed a free-for-all of every publisher downloading and running code with admin rights, and it is indeed a terrible way to operate. Avoiding that kind of madness doesn't necessarily mean running lots of old, vulnerable software.