聽起來像 Horror Story 但这 Exactly 是 Premise of an Article Posted on Ghacks 几天前 如它 Goes 有 Brand New Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 和它 Seems to Come with a Bunch of Non-security Updates Potentially Designed to Entice Windows 7 和 Windows 8.X Users 来 Try Windows 10 如果 True 这将是 First Time
Having Non-essential, Advertisement-laden Content Bundled with Security Updates 是 Sure Way to Invoke the Wrath of the Tech Community, Alienate Users, 和 Cause Total 和 Utter Mayhem 但等等 大多数人 Simply Don't Give a Shit 然而 同樣的方式我给你 GWX Removal Guide 我必须给这个 Rumor Its Due Focus 让我们看看这是不是 Something You Will Need To Worry About After Me
在更多细节中
无论如何 我 Tried the Standard Windows Update Thingie on a Windows 7 Box 确实 上述 Update KB3139929 Available in the Standard List 没有什么 Special About It 但和往常一样 More Information Link 应该有用
Without Repeating What Martin Wrote on Ghacks KB Page Lists All the Different Things This Update Provides 包括 Several Non-security Fixes 具体地说 GDR Fix 3146449 Will Add Functionality On Some Computers 让 Users Know About 或 Start an Upgrade to Windows 10 所以 这不是 Rumor 这是一个 Fact
Update & Test
当然 With a Full System Image in Place 我让系统运行其更新过程 它很慢 但这是另一个问题 我们将尝试在单独的文章中解决 无论如何 我有 50-ish Updates Available 让它们安装 然后重启 然后 我 Fired the Useless IE11 Again 和 Checked if there were any Signs of Intrusion
我可以说 经过测试在两个单独的 Windows 7 Boxes 上 - Windows 8.1 Testing Still Pending - 我不看到任何变化在 IE11 如何 Behaves 和没有什么 我重复 没有什么 New 或 Unusual 在那里 没有 Ads, 和没有 Windows 10 Offers
It is the same screenshot, but honestly, there's nothing there in my case.
Nothing in browser add-ons either.
我的结论从这个测试到现在是 - 我不知道 Microsoft 使用什么种类的 Algorithm 来确定哪台 Computer 他们应该 Dry-violate 与他们的 Windows 10 Silly Desperation 但它似乎不发生在 Systems That Have Turned Off OS Upgrades 等一下 你刚说 Turned Off OS Upgrades?
Salvation
在这个 Particular Box 上 IE11 不是真的被使用 和没有什么 At All 可以看到在 New Tab Page 此外 Super-ultra Most Importantly 这个 System Also Been Neutered of Any Trace of GWX 和它有 Sweet Patch That Turns Off Upgrades to the Latest Version of Windows 是的 如果您 Do Want To Never Be Offered Any OS Upgrades 像 Windows 10 那么您想要:
KB3050265 for Windows 7
KB3050267 for Windows 8.1
至少 这给我们一个 Easy Fix 到目前为止...
现在 更大的问题
如我 Explained in the GWX Article 它 All About User Choice 允许用户有那种 False Perception of Actual Worth 那些他们不是 Just Numbers on a Corporate Greed Sheet 但然后 当 Martin Pointed Out 有 Bigger Issue of Trust
如果一家 Company Can Allow Itself to Bundle Non-security Crap - Ads Really, 或如果您想 Malware 因为这 Exactly What Malware Does 它 Hijacks Your Browser - 那么什么 Prevents the Company from Mandating Windows 10 Upgrades? 毕竟 The Next Update You Get Might Force You to Move On to the New Version of the System
You Must Not Allow This to Happen Do Not Be Frightened by the Security Scare Crap 如果 A Push Comes to Shove 您是 Boss 您是 Paying Customer 您将 Dictate What Happens with Your System 和 No One Else
您可以 Always Mitigate Security Issues 使用 Sane Tools like EMET 您可以 Always Choose Not to Use Internet Explorer 您也可以 Uninstall the Browser 但我不 Recommend This 因为它 Tied Deeply Into the Windows Nethers The Simpler Way 是 Simple Block the Browser Executable by Changing its Permissions to Nothing 或 Maybe Rename It to Something Like .old 或一些 Random Stuff Like That 有 Ways
它可能 Not Pretty, Tearing Up 或 Uninstalling Updates, Leaving Your Browser Supposedly Exposed 和那些 但在现实中 如果您 Practice Safe Browsing 和 Use a Bit of Common Sense 我所认为的方式 当然 不是 General Common Sense 您将 Fine 只是 Not Using Internet Explorer Is Good Enough
Do Not Cave In to Pressure and Scaremongering Do Not Let This Story Die Quietly Express Yourself, As a User, As a Shareholder, As a Human Being Do Not Let Corporate Monkeys Make You Into Their Bitch You Earned Your Money, You Paid for an Operating System, It's Your Right to Use It the Way It Was Sold to You, Without Crap Mantras Trying to Get You Into This New Vision of Happy Blue-colored Fascism That Someone Imagines Will Be Good for You, But in Reality, Will Just Bring In More Revenue to the Boys Nope Won't Do 和作为一个 Shareholder 我非常接近 Expressing Myself
Relax, What's the Big Deal?
Last but not the Least 您可能说 Microsoft Competitors Might Be Doing the Same Thing 尤其是在 Mobile Space Well That's Not Really Relevant 这像说 Everyone Is Keen On Doing Bullshit So Why Not Have Microsoft Do It, Too Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right
此外 Microsoft Has Had a Reputation for Keeping Their Security Stuff 和 Everything Else Separate 和 That's the Crucial Point Trust 如果它 Peddled As a Security Update 它 Should Be a Security Update As Simple As That Nothing More, Nothing Less Call It Windows Promo Patch, Call It a Divine Gift 但 Don't Use Sleazy Tricks
It is Perfectly Fine to Offer This Kind of Update - 但再次它应该然后是一个 Separate Recommended Update, 或 Something Not a Security One 和 Finally 有 the Matter of Choice 允许 Users to Be Able to Defer 或 Reject 或 Turn Off This Kind of Stuff, Without Having to Resort to Corporate-quality KB Patches That's All
结论
我不 Done with this Crap 我 Will Follow Up with More Testing, More Updates, 和我将 Think of Nice Innovative Ways of How to Block 和 Neuter This Nonsense, If I Ever Get To See It in Action, Just Like I Did with GWX Remember, Turning Off OS Upgrades with Those Patches Is the Best Thing You Can Do It Kills Everything Awesome Amazeballs
如果您 Don't Defer Upgrades 那么有问题如何你管理这个 New Silliness 那些 Any 和 Every Other Future Update 是什么? What is the Limit When You Stop Trusting Microsoft, 和 How Does It Scale Against Your Actual Day-to-day Need to Run Windows? 我不告诉你 Ditch Microsoft, Whatever the Cost That's Pointless 如果您需要使用他们的工具为工作 您使用它们 没有问题问 Plan Smartly, Act Coolly, 和然后 Retaliate When It Best Suits You
At the Moment 它可能意味着 Using Products from a Company You Do Not Trust 或 Cannot Trust Anymore 这是一个 Very Tricky Situation 我没有任何 Good Suggestions No Silver Bullets Yet 所以您的 Coping Must Be Tactical For Now Small Steps Make Sure You Triple-check Every Update, Postpone Them, Decide Not to Install Them At All, Think of Alternative Ways to Manage Your System and Security It's Not Easy, But Your Day Will Come, Little Man Woe the Company That Decides to Take a Collective Piss on Its Users Never Give Up Never Surrender Stay Tuned for Updates [sic] Hi hi
Cheers.
