Smoking; You do know that this kb971033 is a backdoor installed by Microsoft, don’t you? It’s NOT something anyone (with a brain) would want installed on their computer.
I know that Microsoft says it is for “anti-piracy.”
So you don’t really want to install it? You just want to know if it somehow installed itself without your knowledge?
Does it show up if you go to Windows update to see which updates have been installed?
The nerve of Microsoft to try and prevent pirates and freeloaders from using their products without payment...
If I have a legal copy of Win7, is there a danger to having this update? What is it?
Hey, -all- of Windows is a backdoor for Microsoft. Do you think this is the first and only time your copy of Windows has "phoned home"? Sent information about your computer to Redmond Central? Sent information about the programs you run and the data you access and the music you listen to and the videos you watch, to the Microsoft overlords? Don't be naive.
I use Windows 10 hours every day, also use Macs and Linux and BSD Unix. I don't generally prefer Windows but I use it because it gets certain jobs done that need to be done. I rather like Win7 and it works well for me.
I buy legit copies of Windows, and let WGA and WAT and all the rest of their spyware do their job, and consider it the cost of doing business in a Windows world.
Then when I want to work on a computer that doesn't piss me off, I use a Mac. When I want to work on a computer that doesn't keep secrets from me, I use a Linux box. When I want the best security available to a consumer, I use a BSD machine.
So I suppose I take Microsoft's high-handed crap in stride. I've been computing since 1970 (Eng sims in Fortran) and building/programming/running microcomputers since 1976 when young Billy Gates whined to the Computer Club and threatened to crush hobbyists, and so this latest stuff is unsurprising. Color me jaded. :)