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Keep Visual Studio automatically updated and secure through Microsoft Update - Visual Studio Blog
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
You can upvote this comment if you want them to provide a proper setting instead of having to edit the registry.
Who would even want that? /s
Apparently someone did, and the ensuing chorus of "No, we don't want that!" is being ignored.
The best 8and probably only) way to keep Microsoft products safe is to leave them off the computer.
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