What I did was to uninstall it, reinstall it, uninstall it again and then do a disk cleanup and then manually remove the last remains of the programme directories. It hasn't reappeared since.
Your device needs the latest security updates...big time error.
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Yesterday, I got the notification "Your device needs the latest security updates" and an update window that couldn't be closed, but could be minimized to the tray. It spent hours to reach 100%, so I left it running overnight. I get up this morning, it reappears, does the same thing again...but then "restoring your version of Windows" appears on the restart and now it's downloading again. Is anyone else struggling with this, because it seems seriously bugged and stuck in a viscous cycle.
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2018-01-20T21:25:57+00:00 Hi! I got this popup message earlier today and i was really curious if it was a virus or not, it said i shouldn’t turn off/restart, but stupidly enough i did it anyways which i really regret. I restarted it and now it’s just a black screen with the cursor on it. I can still move the cursor but now i don’t know what to do. I’ve been waiting over 8 minutes but nothing has happened. Can i shut off my computer with the button without corrupting any files or what can i do? Please help!
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2018-01-20T20:21:40+00:00 Uninstall and re-install what? Remove the remains of what programme directories? Please, if you're going to comment then make it worthwhile.
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2018-01-10T08:37:55+00:00 How have you managed the update assistant? I'm forced to manually uninstall every time I boot my computer, because it keeps reinstalling and using huge amounts of data. I've found no way of permanently removing it to break the loop.
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2018-01-08T18:22:01+00:00 I've disabled the entire Windows Upgrade process. I'm still taking regular updates, but I had to break the loop, because there was absolutely no trick that I could use to get it through.