Seeking (Free) Antivirus Alternatives

[Jorlem]

JFerio wrote:

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I have my system set up to automatically inform me but ask if I want to install. I'm savvy enough (I hope!) that I don't need to let my system do this without my input. Especially when I'm trying to do things like render or do paying freelance work, where restarts willy-nilly would be BAD.

There's a bit of registry editing you can do (described here) that disables the automatic restart portion of the Windows Update.  You'll still get the message with the delay prompt, but it won't actually be able to restart it itself.
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