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The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus

From	Homer <usenet@slated.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus
Date	2016-05-07 00:04 +0100
Organization	Slated.org
Message-ID	<dp4m7bF3b84U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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'At the end of April, Microsoft's Windows 10 nagware interrupted a live
TV weather broadcast to urge meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade her
computer.

A week later, while playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive to 130,000
spectators on Twitch.tv, Erik Flom was blasted out of his match by the
Windows 10 installer. This was even after he spent a few frantic minutes
trying to delay the upgrade until after his game had ended. The fun
starts about nine minutes into this recording of the live stream. "Fuck
you, Windows 10!" was Flom's response.

But it's not just TV presenters and video-game celebrities getting
caught out by Windows 10's enthusiasm to plonk itself down on PCs.
Plenty of Register readers, who have also had their work and home
computers hijacked out of nowhere by the software, have been in touch to
share their stories.'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/06/windows_10_upgrade_hell

Includes a weather channel and a radio station being unexpectedly
hijacked by Microsoft's "upgrade" virus, even after explicitly and
repeatedly rejecting Microsoft's "offer".

Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-07 00:04 +0100
  Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-06 21:04 -0400
    Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-07 23:59 +0100
      Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-07 19:26 -0400
        Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-09 11:07 -0700
        Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-10 15:34 +0100
          Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-10 15:09 -0400
            Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 21:26 +0000
              Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-10 20:04 -0400
                What Windows 10 is good for Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 19:23 -0700
                Re: What Windows 10 is good for Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-11 07:16 -0400
    Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-09 07:15 -0500
  Re: If you can't configure Windows 10 properly, don't use it. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-07 09:38 -0400
  Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 17:27 +0000
    Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-08 00:05 +0100
      Re: I'm about to do the upgrade, Win8 to Win10. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 18:27 -0700
        Windows 10 sends screenshots to Microsoft Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 18:16 -0700
          Re: TakuyaSaitoh has a really good imagination, no facts. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 19:59 -0700
      Re: It took me 11 hours to upgrade from Win8 to Win10. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-08 08:43 -0400
        Re: I made Win10 do what I want. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 06:37 -0700
      Re: Most people shouldn't even attempt it. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-09 00:52 -0400
      Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-09 21:34 -0700
      Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-10 02:29 -0400
        Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-05-11 14:24 -0500
      Microsoft is now a malware vendor Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-10 16:08 +0100
        Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-10 11:29 -0500
          Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 18:26 +0000
        Re: Setting the "Windows Update" service to "Disabled" ( not "Manual") will not save you from Microsoft's grasping tentacles Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 19:48 -0700
        Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-11 18:54 -0400

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