Ubuntu
update-notifier package

  1. Jaunty (9.04)
  2. Bug #332945 (update-notifier-autolaunch)
  3. Comment #65

Comment 65 for bug 332945

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Michal Matyska (michal-matyska) wrote : Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information

No downgrade neccesary at all... it is just GConf setting ... In the terminal run:
gconftool -s --type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch false

restart X and you are done. It's working for me.