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<big><big>Get Windows 10</big></big><BR> - PUP malware from Microsoft<big><big>Get Windows 10</big></big> - PUP malware from MicrosoftThe Microsoft Get Windows 10 Update Notification Scam Get Windows 10 Notification<BR>The Microsoft Get Windows 10 Update Notification Malware== removal instructions ==== disable and remove instructions ==''Steps 9 - 14 are optional and are simply to help ensure elimination in the event that Windows Update continues to reinstall the [[PUP]] despite your best efforts to tell it no.''== Create Registry Key file) ==If you prefer to create a text file with the registry key entry rather than manually opening regedit.exe and creating the key, you can use the following text: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx] "DisableGwx"=dword:00000001Just copy and paste into notepad.exe, save as a file ending with the .reg extension (such as gwx.reg) and double click.== Editorial Opinion ==This can be added to the list of [[Windows Annoyances]] as well as [[PUP]] malware. Microsoft is placing a pop-up advertisement on your computer even though you are using a product you paid money for and should therefore be free of popup ads. Even on a smartphone once you pay for the app you get rewarded by not having to deal with popups. The Microsoft Windows operating system is far more expensive than a smartphone app and yet Microsoft has started a practice of disguising popup advertisements as important security updates to harass you. This is especially troubling as it opens the door to a behavior that, if not challenged, will surely be followed up with more significantly intrusive popups and advertisements. On a business productivity workstation we want neither popups distracting our employees nor invitations for our employees to attempt upgrading their own company workstation. For home computer users it is simply another advertisement to have to click and get out of the way. Home users might also be tempted to disable Windows Update altogether rationalizing that Microsoft might start including more popup advertisements in future updates, which negatively impacts their system security as well as promoting the spread of Internet worms via unpatched systems. Finally, Microsoft has been dishonest by disguising the advertisement as an "Important Windows Update." This gives the impression it fixes a bug or addresses a security concern in Windows. It does nothing more than add a memory wasting scheduled task that not only robs your system of resources but nags you to consider purchasing something that, as of the date of the release of the advertisement, is not even yet available. Because KB3035583 was not labeled with a transparent honest description and placed in the Optional list of updates, Microsoft should be challenged legally. The intentionally mislabeled update amounts to consumer fraud. It wastes valuable end-user time. It consumes resources that could be equated to cost, including distraction, removal time, CPU cycles that consume electrical power, and potential harm to system stability as a result of the removal process.This is just another reminder of why Micro$oft is a sleazy company with unethical leadership and further cause to celebrate as they continue to lose market share to competitors such as Apple.=== update: moved to optional updates on Windows 8.1 June, 2015 ===As it was previously under the important updates list, it now appears as an optional update (sometimes).