KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

Anonymous
2015-04-12T11:56:46+00:00

Would you please tell me how to prevent the installation of KB3035583 in my computer and if it is already installed, how to remove it?  Also, are there other updates that we need to be concerned about that enable this behaviour?

KB3035583 now appears as an Important update in Windows Update and is checked which means it will be automatically installed if the user does not uncheck it.  If automatic update is set, it will install without intervention.

There are credible articles that say that Microsoft either has installed or will install changes to my computer that will enable Microsoft to use it as an advertising platform and then install Windows 10 without first obtaining an informed decision to do so.  I truly hope this is not true.

On behalf of my clients and their 162 Windows "consumer" computers, I must tell you that we do not grant Microsoft or any other vendor the right to do this.  When other Windows players do this, we regard it as malware and take great care to remove it.

Microsoft got to where it is today by selling Windows.  We have spent decades learning how to use Windows and billions of dollars buying Windows computers and Windows software.  We own these systems.  They are ours, not Microsoft's.

Windows Update has earned a huge trust.  We trust Microsoft to use Windows Update to keep our computers safe and secure.  When Patch Tuesday comes along we install all the updates that Microsoft says are "important." We assume those to be either plugging a security leak or fixing a software error.

We all hope Windows 10 will be something we will want.  We will carefully review and consult trusted advisors before we install Windows 10.  We have seen Windows 8 and rejected it.  Windows 8 is a bad product we did not choose.  

Automatically installing Windows 10 on our computers would be a severe abuse of a well-earned trust.  Changing our computers to enable them to become advertising platforms is also an abuse.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T09:10:00+00:00

    I do have firefox but its infested with adverts pop ups etc , and for some reason my ad block + wont work on it , so I don't use it, on my last computer Firefox  was my provider ,but not good at al on this one

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T08:58:49+00:00

    Can you step away from IE? I use Firefox on XP, PaleMoon on Windows 7.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T08:45:16+00:00

    I think I said something about this some weeks ago , my system is Blocked from any windows updates , yet my IE went wonky and stopped working , telling me I must  upgrade it to IE11 to continue using it It stopped me placing bids on Ebay (when I placed bids nothing happened / it didn't register my bids & the time clock wasn't showing how long remained on the "count down on an item"   ,but after a lengthy chat with Ebay , where they told me IE11 was causing them great concern & they had a "specialist team " working on it, but they wouldn't say any more & the girl then passed me to someone else,to explain the same thing again then after a few system restores , it finally went away

    all this coupled with the original reason for this thread , make me block everything on offer from Microsoft

    I do realise it's only a matter of time before the come up with something to by pass my security and ruin my computer

    that's when I will have to switch to another provided

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T08:02:12+00:00

    Beware of KB3139929 (in the March Windows Update list).

    This is a security update for IE11 ... however it also pulls in several other non-security updates. One of the updates it pulls in (that is not in the Windows Update list) is KB3146449.

    Microsoft's description of KB3146449  states this (bold font is mine) ...

    This update adds functionality to Internet Explorer 11 on some computers that lets users learn about Windows 10 orstart an upgrade to Windows 10.

    So it appears that Microsoft is trying to sneak yet another way of coercing a Windows 10 installation (KB3146449) in an update for IE11 (KB3139929).

    You cannot hide KB3146449 because it does not show up in any Windows Update list. It is pulled in when you install the IE 11 update (KB3139929).

    More information about this newest attempt by Microsoft to get Windows 10 installed can be found here.

    It's simply TOO MUCH!!! Could lawyers help to get Microsoft to court?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-11T06:33:13+00:00

    Beware of KB3139929 (in the March Windows Update list).

    This is a security update for IE11 ... however it also pulls in several other non-security updates. One of the updates it pulls in (that is not in the Windows Update list) is KB3146449.

    Microsoft's description of KB3146449  states this (bold font is mine) ...

    This update adds functionality to Internet Explorer 11 on some computers that lets users learn about Windows 10 orstart an upgrade to Windows 10.

    So it appears that Microsoft is trying to sneak yet another way of coercing a Windows 10 installation (KB3146449) in an update for IE11 (KB3139929).

    You cannot hide KB3146449 because it does not show up in any Windows Update list. It is pulled in when you install the IE 11 update (KB3139929).

    More information about this newest attempt by Microsoft to get Windows 10 installed can be found here.

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