X Research source These updates can be avoided to save a significant amount of data usage. Windows Update (WU) is a service offered by Microsoft which provides updates for Windows components and its other software on a regular basis.
It would not restart or shut down until it got updates – so I let it start. I have let Windows Update run for about 8 hours now – it was trying to get three updates – the feature update to 1909, one defender update and one malicious software update.