Re: I am sick of windows firewall

Volker wrote on 21 Mar 2006 12:39:49 +0100:

Spack <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why don't you just turn off the option to install updates? In Acrobat
Reader 7, go to Edit > Preferences, choose the Updates option at the
left, set it do not automatically update at the top.

Of course, you're right here. And: she should not do this.

Yours,
VB.

I agree - disabling critical updates is not something I'd risk myself. By
virtue of being critical, they will be security fixes.

However, this is a better way to disable updates than by using Sygate if
really required, as it prevents the connection attempt in the first place.

Dan


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