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| Microsoft is doing everything it can to make users upgrade to Windows 10, including deploying hacker-like pop-ups. |
For months now, Microsoft has done everything in its power
to shove Windows 10 down your throat.
The free update is mandatory at this
point, and we’ve heard from many Windows users who discovered their computers
updated to the newest version automatically, without their knowledge or
explicit permission.
Microsoft kept offering excuses for these annoying
occurrences, and even said it will stop pushing upgrades to Windows users who
refuse to hop aboard the Windows 10 train.
Now, the company has come up with its most evil trick yet to
get you to update your PC to Windows 10, and it’s based on the same methodology
hackers use to trick people into installing malware.
Pop-ups often appear when you visit malicious websites and
when you click the “X” to close them, malware is installed on your computer.
Well, Microsoft just tweaked its Windows 10 upgrade alert pop-up so that the
update is triggered when clicking the X, PC World explains.
The Get Windows X app that pushes the update prompt has
recently changed the behavior of the “X” button. Earlier, users would have been
able to dismiss the pop-up by pressing the button, as you would expect. But you
can’t do that anymore. Pressing the X now has a different function. It tells
the company you’re happy to have your computer updated at the time shown inside
the pop-up.
The only way to get rid of it is to change the update time
manually. But of course, that’s not intuitive at all and many people are about
to be tricked into upgrading.
The trick is disingenuous at best, since Microsoft isn’t
technically doing anything wrong. It’s just turning the function of the X
button from “close and do nothing” to “close and upgrade later.” You know,
without explaining this tiny change to anyone.
Come July 29, Microsoft will stop prompting users to
upgrade, Business Insider reminds us, so make sure you change your Windows 10
upgrade time to August or later!
This article originally appeared on BGR.
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