bsquared 0 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 So I have had ESET Nod 32 for 3 years now, across 2 operating systems (Windows 8.1 and 10). I am not worried about the performance or good-ness of the software. In fact I think it's great! Windows 10, on the other hand, is quite annoying. One of my biggest issues with the OS is its annoying ability to install updates when it feels like it. ....which is why I found a 3rd party tool which blocks communication between the system and the Windows Update servers... However, I am curious to know how ESET Nod 32 checks for updates even when my system can't communicate with the update servers? Anyone know how it does this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,259 Posted January 4, 2018 Administrators Share Posted January 4, 2018 Information about available Windows updates is gathered from the operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members peteyt 396 Posted January 4, 2018 Most Valued Members Share Posted January 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Marcos said: Information about available Windows updates is gathered from the operating system. From which part. Sometimes it will find updates that windows update or nowhere else seems to find but it must be getting it from.somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESET Moderators Aryeh Goretsky 386 Posted January 5, 2018 ESET Moderators Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) Hello, I believe the information is obtained through WMI repository, which is local to the computer. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Edited January 12, 2018 by Aryeh Goretsky fixed a typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,746 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) I will add this suggestion in regards to Eset's Win Update checking. Please delay its checking till 5 mins. or so after boot time. On my Win 10 1709 build, Win updating does not occur immediately after boot time but a few minutes thereafter. The result is Eset shows the notification prior to actual Win Updating occurring. Edited January 6, 2018 by itman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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