Collapse -. Easy answer is. Col 0 Votes. Stopping background downloads. No kidding. They are called "updates". Back to Networks Forum. Start or search. Start New Discussion. Create a new discussion If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem. Track this discussion and email me when there are updates.
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Click on a named action in the center column and in the right hand menu click "disable" - You could delete some actions - like sending customer satisfaction information to Lenovo - but it might not be a good idea to delete some of the actions under the Windows list. Disabling an action will let you come back and enable it again if your computer freaks out. Don't go wild here, just get rid of marketing ploys like Customer Experience Programs etc.
Lenovo's Superfish scandal reveals that some hidden software uploads information about your computer activities without you knowing about it and displaying advertisements in your browsers with you paying for the advertisements in data-use.
Search the list for VisualDiscovery. If it is there, click the program and select Uninstall. If it WAS there, you'll need to go one step further and uninstall hidden certificates for Superfish.
Click on the Windows Start button and enter certmgr. Launch the certmgr. Search through the certificates for anything mentioning Superfish Inc. Once you have found the certificates, right-click them and select Delete. Click on the link titled 'Show advanced settings' Under the section headed 'System' untick the box next to "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed".
Both Firefox and Chrome will update to the latest version in the background without telling you, munching happily on your mobile or satellite data use. Older versions of these browsers let you turn this auto-update off. No Longer. To protect you from cyber nuts and their own incompetence in making an unsecured software system, the auto-update is now a bit of a challenge to turn off.
Here's how to do it:. Note: This also turns off auto-updates for other Google apps on your computer - like Google Earth. Collectives on Stack Overflow.
Learn more. How to stop backgrounddownload exe Ask Question. Asked 1 year, 5 months ago. Active 4 months ago. Viewed 11k times. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Hunanbean Hunanbean 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. The tigger is "on idle", that explains why my cpu fan rotating frantically every time my computer on idle, and backgrounddownload.
Uncheck it. It solved me for a while, but maybe a newer version still checks for updates but doesn't download them and therefore my firewall sends the warnings.
This solution does not work. You can uncheck the box, but Visual Studio now ignores the setting and the huge background downloads still happen. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.
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