Controversy over ’stealthy’ Windows Update installs
Microsoft says it’s reconsidering how it updates a key piece of Windows plumbing after a newsletter questioned the stealthy manner in which the company delivered a recent batch of software fixes.
An article in today’s Windows Secrets newsletter
presents evidence of a recent case where Windows downloaded and installed a set of fixes, without notifying PC users. The article says this happened even when users specifically set the operating system’s Automatic Updates panel to check with them before downloading or installing updates.
Full article here: Source