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Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT | |
| WAKE UP TO REALITY User ID: 75788506  United States11/03/2017 02:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious  |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 75788506 United States11/03/2017 02:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT kEEp UpDaTiNg I've got a near 22 year track record of being correct on this. I NEVER update, other than OS. I've had 7 computers since 1996, NOT including laptops & androids of various makes & models. I am merely stating personal experience facts which you disapprove of. Eff Off |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 63045612  Singapore11/03/2017 04:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Op, I agree you should never update, all updates are backdoors. Make sure you do not use Chrome, google is spying on you, I would recommend you use Java version 1.6 or older, an older copy of Flash player and Adobe reader at least before version 9. Any of the newer apps all have spyware, the old ones are safer. Do not ever think about updating windows beyond XP, its full of NSA backdoors. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75256343 United States11/03/2017 10:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Op, I agree you should never update, all updates are backdoors. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 63045612 Make sure you do not use Chrome, google is spying on you, I would recommend you use Java version 1.6 or older, an older copy of Flash player and Adobe reader at least before version 9. Any of the newer apps all have spyware, the old ones are safer. Do not ever think about updating windows beyond XP, its full of NSA backdoors. That is patently ridiculous. Updating is always important & necessary to keep a computer humming along health wise. An investment that important always requires updates. Sick mf's out there trying to tell peeps not to update. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73295582 Singapore11/03/2017 11:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Holeeeey Kau! My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75770232  Netherlands11/06/2017 04:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious TRUE! TRUE! TRUE! DUUUUUUUDE! YER ONTO SOMETHING BIG!!! |
HeinzTzveiDreiFier  User ID: 76582789  United Kingdom08/13/2018 04:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Op, I agree you should never update, all updates are backdoors. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 63045612 Make sure you do not use Chrome, google is spying on you, I would recommend you use Java version 1.6 or older, an older copy of Flash player and Adobe reader at least before version 9. Any of the newer apps all have spyware, the old ones are safer. Do not ever think about updating windows beyond XP, its full of NSA backdoors. That is patently ridiculous. Updating is always important & necessary to keep a computer humming along health wise. An investment that important always requires updates. Sick mf's out there trying to tell peeps not to update. who knew bill gates was lurking in glp |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76135786 United States08/13/2018 09:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious I've always thought the same thing. I despise those updates.  |
| Truth 1818 User ID: 1897079 United States08/17/2018 03:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious  ___________________________ GOD IS REAL. FEEL THE FORCE OF GOODNESS FEEL THE FORCE OF LOVE COMBINED WITH GOODNESS FEEL THE FORCE OF HAPPINESS & PEACE COMBINED WITH LOVE & GOODNESS. FEEL GOD. |
| Rocking It Harder User ID: 76848268  Australia08/17/2018 05:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| NowIhavetothinkofaname User ID: 76848163 Australia08/17/2018 06:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT  Updates are important because of buggy software which is constantly online and always under threat of exploitation. You can't program a 10 megabyte executable file without having bugs let alone a gigabyte OS. Back before Windows 95B you could get floppy disks with viruses which needed Fprotect. Nowadays with the internet always on we need to be more vigilant about our online safety than ever before. People who don't update their software are begging for their banking details to be stolen. Even a buffer overrun by downloading and running code in a loop can render any browser to stop and crash a computer without an OS with a memory dump. Most of the time I'd say a slow computer/phone is caused by said buffer overruns resulting in tech support being irate. NowIhavetothinkofanameohnoithurts It's all bull! Nevertheless, the ruler is not truly wise who cannot discern evils before they develop themselves, and this is a faculty given to few. Niccolo Machiavelli Karma is funny, people who kick dogs usually get bitten. If someone doesn't add value to your life, then that someone shouldn't be a part of it. You can always trust people to do whatever is in their own interests. It is certain wastelands will be brought under cultivation. |
| Cleolotus User ID: 76845682 Australia08/17/2018 06:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious Totally agree with you. I have always ignored the updates message in the past with both computers and phones, I never wanted to get a smart phone and held out until my old Nokia died and there was not a single older phone I could use. What I find most interesting with the Samsung phone that I reluctantly bought is even though I ignore or push later for the updates the phone updates by itself usually at night, I find this most annoying as I almost feel it is against my will! Lol! Whatever you do don't get a Google Home as they are turning out to be major spying devices...…… so obvious even that even people who disbelieve conspiracy theories are agreeing that they are being spied on. So blatant! Last Edited by Cleolotus on 08/17/2018 06:14 AM |
| Rocking It Harder User ID: 76848268 Australia08/17/2018 06:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| RackTheSlide User ID: 46710310 United States08/17/2018 07:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT I finally realized that imho that the updates are the viruses for the next update. That way they keep you always updating thier software. Get rid of anti virus and just be careful what you download, your computer will never run better. |
| DeplorableDoomsdayGuy User ID: 76848767 United States08/17/2018 09:20 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Yeah sure makes sense. Instead of putting the spyware into the software on day one, they put it in the updates, that way only some pc's have spyware instead of all of them. Rube Goldberg anyone? Come on and take a free ride. |
| BadKarma81 User ID: 76400388 United States08/17/2018 09:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Going to come right out and say OP is an idiot. Just realize you should have no expectation of privacy and move on (this applies to the internet, and just about everything else in life). At this point, there are close to zero websites you can access by being on Windows XP (name a modern browser that has support for XP). Yes, companies spy on you, the government spies on you. While I don't condone the behavior, what effect does it really have on you? Do the world a favor, upgrade to Windows 10, don't run antivirus software other than the built in Windows Defender. Use Chrome and Google search. Use a proxy server if you want, but realize it doesn't make any real difference. Any company or organization that tells you otherwise is just trying to sell a product. If you're curious, I'm a network engineer for [link to blencowe.com (secure)] |
| Inf0r User ID: 74857175 United States08/17/2018 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Kinda related, but ever notice how often smart phone apps update and their sizes? I mean I know its 2018, but 121mb update for Outlook for iOS? I always figured they streamed ads on the free apps, but maybe all this updating is loading in new ads? |
| Truth 1818 User ID: 1897079 United States08/17/2018 08:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT My brother sold me his 1st computer in 1996 when he upgraded to a more powerful one. The one he sold me already had Windows 95 installed and he informed me of the importance of 'cleaning' the computer & performing regular updates. I noticed weird things like the computer crashing, etc., whenever I would do Windows "updates" and noticed weird things happening on my comp whenever I would visit 'Conspiracy Theory Websites' such as GLP, even back then! After awhile, I decided to just NOT do updates to see what would happen. My comp ran fine, the only thing that didn't happen were the crashes, etc. I told my brother and he said, "NOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER!!!" and I responded with, "I THINK UPDATES ARE SPYWARE!!!" Quoting: WAKE UP TO REALITY 75788506 For years, we argued the point back and forth. My comps have all ran fine and i NEVER, EVER DO UPDATES! After 0bama was in the W.H. & the whole spygate thing came out, I felt vindicated. I still believe I am correct. What has been your experience? Curious Totally agree with you. I have always ignored the updates message in the past with both computers and phones, I never wanted to get a smart phone and held out until my old Nokia died and there was not a single older phone I could use. What I find most interesting with the Samsung phone that I reluctantly bought is even though I ignore or push later for the updates the phone updates by itself usually at night, I find this most annoying as I almost feel it is against my will! Lol! Whatever you do don't get a Google Home as they are turning out to be major spying devices...…… so obvious even that even people who disbelieve conspiracy theories are agreeing that they are being spied on. So blatant! It's like they seek you out while your not aware & do it anyway, surreptitiously ___________________________ GOD IS REAL. FEEL THE FORCE OF GOODNESS FEEL THE FORCE OF LOVE COMBINED WITH GOODNESS FEEL THE FORCE OF HAPPINESS & PEACE COMBINED WITH LOVE & GOODNESS. FEEL GOD. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1897079 United States09/11/2019 03:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Are 'SECURITY UPDATES' REALLY SPYWARE??? I'VE BEEN SAYING SO SINCE WINDOWS 95! I THINK I'M RIGHT Windows 10 updating over & over & over & leaving you frantic? Now there's a simple, great, FANTASTIC! solution. This really works, I tried it! Thread: "Sledgehammer" Completely Stops Windows Update Hijacks |
