# The Updates Must Go Through

DevFeed: [The Updates Must Go Through](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-updates-must-go-through-37015.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/the-updates-must-go-through/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2021-04-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/patches.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that unreliable, disruptive software updates cause people to avoid applying security patches. It connects the Department of Justice's cleanup of malware from infected Microsoft Exchange mail systems with Microsoft's ongoing difficulty delivering dependable updates, and discusses the history of Microsoft's malware-removal and update tools.

## Source excerpt

The timing of updates is not coincidental.