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eWEEK Labs discovers on two different machines--both running Windows XP with Service Pack 2--the signs of an unauthorized update. By Andrew Garcia

Amid reports that Microsoft’s Automatic Updates was performing unauthorized updates of itself, Microsoft Watchs Joe Wilcox asked eWEEK Labs to check to see whether the allegations were true. Combing through the Event Viewer logs on several computers I ma

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