code: private boolean isUpdateConfiguredFalse() {
          try {
              if (!settings.getBoolean(Settings.KEYS.UPDATE_NVDCVE_ENABLED, true)) {
                  return true;
              }
          } catch (InvalidSettingException ex) {
              LOGGER.trace("invalid setting UPDATE_NVDCVE_ENABLED", ex);
          }
          boolean autoUpdate = true;
          try {
              autoUpdate = settings.getBoolean(Settings.KEYS.AUTO_UPDATE);
          } catch (InvalidSettingException ex) {
              LOGGER.debug("Invalid setting for auto-update; using true.");
          }
          return !autoUpdate;
      }
docs: Checks if the system is configured NOT to update.
  
  @return false if the system is configured to perform an update; otherwise
  true