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  • How Microsoft's tricky new Windows 10 pop-up deceives you into upgrading

    05/23/2016 9:37:39 AM PDT · by george76 · 124 replies
    PCWorld, ^ | 5/23/2016 | Brad Chacos
    Microsoft's new trick to coax users into upgrading to Windows 10 relies on changing behaviors the pop-up's instilled since December. This morning, the unthinkable happened: My wife, an avowed PC user who long ago swore to never touch an Apple device, started shopping around for a Mac Mini. And it’s all thanks to Windows 10. Or rather, the nasty new way that Microsoft’s tricking Windows 7 and 8 users into automatically updating to Windows 10. ... The annoying “Get Windows 10” pop-up began using deceiving malware-like tactics months ago, but it recently received an overhaul that seems purposefully designed to...