Bad patches list

[therentabrain]

Hi, thank you for this tool, it is nice, clear, and easy to use!

I did some research and added and removed 'bad' windows updates; you might check out the ones I removed and see if you agree. There were several on your list which seem clearly not of any concern.

I removed:
KB297678
KB454826
KB971033
KB2545698
KB2660075
KB2726535

I found these that sites said were worth blocking and added them:
KB297678
KB2976987
KB3012973
KB3074677
KB3081437
KB3081454
KB3086255
KB3088195
KB3093983
KB3112336
KB3135449
KB454826
KB971033

I did a moment of research on most of these and it's been a long process so I wanted to share the fruits of my research.

Unknown:
KB2506928 * This is from 2011 and I can't figure out why some lists think it's bad; it hasn't seemed to do any harm here; IMO if it's that old and my system is fine I'm not worrying about it.

Note: There's a strong argument in some smart seeming places that says if you turn off CEIP everywhere it exists, none of the telemetry patches are anything to worry about.

Still, I imagine that even if you have opted out, they may be wasting CPU ticks and disk space pointlessly collecting data anyway.

FWIW, these are helpful instructions on turning it off.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2981947/the-truth-about-windows-7-and-81-spy-patches-kb-3068708-3022345-3075249-and-3080149.html

I hope this is helpful. Thanks again for the lovely tool. It seems to work fine on w7 Ultimate x86.