James J wrote:

 I haven't paid too much attention to the details of BOINC, but if it
 does update itself, that would make me a bit uncomfortable too.  It's
 just something I generally don't like.  I prefer to keep control and
 update things if/when I decide to.  If it prompted you to d/l and
 install an update, that would be one thing, but if it just does it ...

This came up many months ago, I won't allow auto updating either. I was
assured that there will be an easy to use option to turn off
auto-updating. Of course, if you choose to never update, there will be a
deadline after which you can't return work units. 

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Tony Sivori