Windows 10: Chinese alphabet signs in EU Windows 10 PRO update? Security matter question.

Hello. I'm using Windows 10 PRO 64bit system installed on ssd drive.


Recently i noticed that something was draining my disk space. I was pretty sure that are old backup files of Win10 update. I started cleansing them via control panel Disk Cleanup. It calculated around 6,5 GB of old updates which can be deleted. I unchecked all other options than Win 10 update and started.


It took like 2h and got stuck when it was still like 3 GB left and then control panel app displayed something like this:


Deleting … [ some chinese alphabet signs ]


then after like 30 min of displaying this it lagged my pc for few sec and stated that clean is completed. When i scanned with control panel app again it showed that there is still more than 2GB to be deleted but when i did the final scan just before cleanup process it keep showing that there are no more files to be deleted.


It stated that app is deleting Win 10 PRO update files which were named in chinese. It seemed to me highly suspicious as I'm normal and casual Win 10 user. I use internet only to watch youtube, play online games and browse some public secured forums and still I do a malware scan & internet junk files clean everyday.


Sadly i don't have screenshot of this and I don't have any problems with my system, data or privacy. Everything is working great.


But as this chinese signs was highly suspicious for me considering a lot of chinese spyware on NA and EU scandals i wanted to report this here as it may be important if this is indeed a security problem for Microsoft.

:)

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016

 

Microsoft to make Windows 10 updates mandatory

Well, at the moment at least, you can choose to defer upgrades. Under Settings > Windows Updates > Advanced options you need to check the box labeled "Defer upgrades". What does that do? Good question. The answer I've found might illuminate it to a degree.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/defer-upgrades-in-windows-10

I hear this only applies to Pro and Enterprise editions. But I can't verify that.

 

Driven by Chinese PUBG Players, Windows 7 Now Most Popular OS on Steam

Fair enough and props to you. You and I along with anyone else who understands how to properly secure Windows 10, and Windows in general, are definitely in a minority. A growing minority, but still. I'd say this is the reason the chinese public are dubious of Windows 10.