[riverrunner]

Nice they should be hunted down.

[SkyDancer]

[TomGuy]

Users can bypass the ‘notice’ and go straight to the MS webpage to download the 32-bit or 64-bit installation part. It is about 18Mb.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

[GingisK]

WIN 7 doesn’t run some of my expensive applications correctly. I suspect WIN 10 will be even more hostile to them. I believe I will go back to XP and just leave it off the Internet. Those applications are my livelihood.

[JimRed]

I got an invitation to reserve Windows 10 upgrade, but I don’t think it was on an e-mail. I believe it was on an update notice type icon on my task bar. Does Microsoft do it that way?

[dayglored]

More on the Windows 10 Encryption Ransomware ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

See also same basic content: Wait, STOP: Are you installing Windows 10 or ransomware? (CTB-Locker masquerading as Win10 upgrade!) - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3319282/posts

[zeugma]

I have a Win7 VM that I keep around to play with. Maybe I’ll click the link just for fun.