Microsoft downloaded more malware into my computer without my consent.
I try to ignore these malware downloads as long as possible but I was traveling this week and I had to power off my computer. And Microsoft installed all its recent malware when I powered it back on.
I probably haven’t spotted all of the problems yet but I have noticed my Insert key keeps turning itself on. I’ve checked online and seen that this is a known problem caused by Microsoft uploads.
If Microsoft thinks downloading software into people’s computers without the owner’s permission is such a great idea, they should let everybody download software into their computers.
Nothing to be done. Microsoft is a monopoly and I’m stuck with their malware. I just wanted to vent.
I’m sure someone will respond by telling me that Microsoft is great and Windows is the best program ever and Bill Gates and Paul Allen and Steve Ballmer and Brad Smith and John Thompson and Satya Nadella are all geniuses and I should kneel before them.
Fuck them. If they made good products they wouldn’t have to force people to buy them.
Absolutely. And they really have you stuck, too. Don’t install the update and you have known security vulnerabilities that let in real malware. Install the update, and you also get whatever junk Microsoft decided to bundle along with it. You want to stay secure, that patch comes with new ads!
Toggling insert mode sounds more like a bug, not some attempt to monotize that part of the keyboard, though.
Do you understand what a monopoly is? And Microsoft is still a monopoly despite alternatives. They dominate the desktop market, and many people are left with no other choice because Apple doesn’t care about the low end, and ChromeOS and Linux can’t run a bunch of software people want.
Though making promises about it before, Apple also occasionally combines the security and “feature” updates. Most Linux distributions are pretty good at keeping security updates and features updates separate.
It’s true. Malware is software somebody installs in your computer without your permission that causes damage to your computer and which was deliberately designed to cause that damage.
And you’re right. Microsoft does install software into my computer without my permission. And that software causes damage to my computer. But I can’t show that Microsoft deliberately designed that software to cause the damage it did. Microsoft might just really incompetent at writing software.
But is that really an excuse? Microsoft should recognize its incompetence and stop downloading its poorly-written software into people’s computers. At the very least, it should be asking permission to do so and not downloading anything until it has permission.
Perhaps if customers had a choice in the matter, Microsoft would be motivated to write better software.
I needed to update Adobe Reader so I could sign the PDF of my new lease. The update came with some McAfee Security Scan Plus. There was no option to download Adobe Reader without the McAee program I don’t need, don want and have heard a multitude of bad things about.
I cannot find an uninstall option in the Mcafee junk. How do I get rid of it?
I followed your instructions. A window popped up reminding me how necessary and useful this program was. It also had an uninstall button. Of course, I clicked the button. That seems to have worked. A thousand thank you’s!
My beef with the latest Win 11 update is now the switch users option is buried a couple levels behind fucking ads for more Microsoft products. Ive got work to do, get out of my fuckin way.
(lets finish seting up your computer! Here are a bunch recommended settings / sneaky install attempts to get you to switch to a bunch of our subscription services!)
Are there no alternatives to Adobe Reader that will let you sign a pdf? I mean, yeah, some of them cost money, but Adobe is as big a tanker as MS and worth avoiding if at all possible.
There are certainly some. I use a Mac, so preferentially use Foxit, but that is based purely on it being the first I found using a casual google search, many years ago.
If you were writing an article about it, calling it malware would be a mistake. But a rant in the Pit? Why not? If the pedants are concerned, call it metaphor: it’s so bad it might as be malware.
That said, my instinct is to try to help. When you say “uploads,” do you mean “updates”? Because you can revert an update if it causes problems.
That said, I’ve not heard of this. Can you link where you found that this is a known issue?
I remember back in the days of Adobe Flash, I always had to be very careful when downloading and running an update, because some versions were OK and some versions had McAfee included. You could opt out of McAfee during the install, but the whole thing was designed to get you to inadvertently install it if you really weren’t paying close attention.