![]() Since Windows 10 launched, Microsoft has been more and more aggressively urging users to take advantage of their free upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, recently moving the Windows 10 upgrade to “recommended” status on Windows Update, meaning that if your Windows 7 or 8.x computer is set to receive automatic upgrades, it will automatically upgrade to Windows 10. In fact, you have to ask yourself if there are any lines any more.Īccording to his sources the new ad generator works by adding a blue banner across new tabs in Internet Explorer which say “Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10.” Leonhard spent most of the night trying to trigger the new ad generator to see it in action, but he could not replicate what one of his sources experienced. ![]() Many people - present company included - feel that putting an ad generator inside a security patch crosses way over the line. ![]() Leonhard comments on this discovery saying: Microsoft’s documentation for KB 3146449 states “this update adds functionality to Internet Explorer 11 on some computers that lets users learn about Windows 10 or start an upgrade to Windows 10.” Instead this new update is an “ad generator” of sorts, which promotes upgrading to Windows 10 in Internet Explorer on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 PCs. It is the second update that Leonhard takes issue with, because it doesn’t appear to be security related. Security update KB 3139929 for Internet Explorer also installs another update called KB 3146449. After diving into the documentation for yesterday’s security patch for Internet Explorer, InfoWorld’s Woody Leonhard found something entirely not security related was included in the patch.
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