Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Liam Proven]

On 17 October 2017 at 08:22, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That is all very well, but the second link tells how to stop automated
> checking for updates, but, not how to prevent automated installation.

Yes I _did_ answer that. You quoted it in your reply.

I said:

> It's not a tool as such. It's an entry in the built-in system
> scheduler, cron, part of _all_ Unix systems. As far as I know it's off
> by default.

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