Is Windows 10 actually a form of malware that Microsoft is installing on people’s computers?
The Windows 10 upgrade will download pieces of its software to your computer without you knowing about it. The new operating system will also collect personal information as well as advertising information from you. Also, if you try to stop the upgrade from happening by clicking on the ‘X’ repetitively, it’s still going to upgrade without your permission. Doesn’t that sound like malware? Sure, but not the malicious kind. That’s exactly how Microsoft planned it.
In 2015, Microsoft installed the Get Windows 10 application on thousands and thousands of people’s computers that were running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. The app would let people know they could reserve a free copy of the upgrade by having the upgrade box appear on the desktop. If a person closed the box without clicking anything, everything was fine and nothing else happened with the notification. However, some things changed. Those pieces of software that were automatically downloaded without your knowledge was Microsoft’s clever way of adding that upgrade to your computer anyway. When the upgrade box now appears and you try to close it, it’s still going to proceed with the Windows 10 upgrade. It does sound like malware considering it’s essentially forcing you to upgrade your operating system without your true consent.
Windows 10 wasn’t designed to be malicious. It wasn’t designed to steal all of your information either. It was designed to try and make computer navigation easier on the user. Unfortunately, their aim to please might have been a bit extreme.
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If you’d like to read more on the topic you can see Computer World’s article titled: How Windows 10 became malware
Microsoft just lost a $10,000 lawsuit against someone who sued them over the forced upgrade: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3089071/microsoft-windows/customer-wins-10k-judgement-from-microsoft-over-unauthorized-windows-10-upgrade.html