Various websites has reported today that Microsoft is patching the computers of Windows users without their permission. This news is based on a newsletter which reported this process.

“If Microsoft can change things on your PC, after you’ve set it up to only take changes when you want them, that gives people a lot of fear for what might happen to their PCs,” said Brian Livingston who is the newsletter’s editorial director.

Scott Dunn who is the Windows Secrets associate editor said, “These files are by no means viruses, and Microsoft appears to have no malicious intent in patching them. However, writing files to a user’s PC without notice … is behavior that’s usually associated with hacker Web sites. The question being raised in discussion forums is, ‘Why is Microsoft operating in this way?’ ”

Source: Seattlepi