Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Colin Law]

On 17 October 2017 at 11:15, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 17.10.2017, 06:51 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
>>
>>
>> So, how do I remove this trojan horse, without destroying the system?
>>
>
> this is an extremely funny statement given this is the package that
> exactly prevents you from getting any trojans viruses or other
> malicious bits on your system.
>
> by default this simply notifies you about available fixes for security
> holes that could be used by either of the above harmful bits of
> software ...

Are you sure? I have a recently installed 17.10 and it has defaulted
to install automatically, which I think is the correct default as a
basic user will then not have to worry about it.  Perhaps I changed it
myself but I don't think so.

Colin