Do NOT. I repeat. Do NOT remove curl.exe from your Windows System32 folder to silence a (stupid) security scanner. It will lead to tears and sorrows.

And if you do, please don't ask *me* for help when you've broken your Windows install. I can't fix that.

Why do people remove it? Because NVD has exaggerated a curl security flaw to an inflated level, and now "security scanners" insist that the bundled curl executable has a "high severity" security flaw and scaremongers people into removing it.

And then they realize Windows update refuses to work.

Are we sure this is the best we can do?

@bagder wait, so you can disable Windows updates THAT easily?? Lmao