Get Windows 10 (GWX) is a virus

[Ganoncrotch]

binary solo said:

Ganoncrotch said:
I think the best thing that MS managed to do was convince people even in this thread to use the word upgrade when it comes to changing to windows 10, it's a change of the OS, if you have a PC which is perfectly functioning with Win7/8 and you are thinking... is Windows 10 an upgrade for me, think can you improve on a system which is working perfectly? no, you can change it around and then find ways to make it work for you again... but really if your PC/Laptop is perfect now then the change is just that, a change to MS's new system and you are handing away your rights to ever have this choice again down the line, because a part of Win10 which people do not like is the lack of choice regarding updates, and those updates can include critical things... such as Windows 11 or 10.1 which will all be considered critical updates from now on.

Me ranty long time, no likey Win10, remove 35583 if you see it on a family machine and they're complaining about that Win10 popup or have an older system which will not be compatible with Win10 drivers

Can you just delete the GWX folder, or do you have to jump through some hoops?

Nope you can't, you don't have the ownership rights to the folder even as Admin, the owner of it is System the same as the Windows32 folder so it can't be deleted "by accident" you need to firstly make sure and show hidden files and folders inside the System32 folder (it hides there because they knew people are immediately aware of trolls telling them to delete files from it = bad idea) but yeah, show the hidden folders inside System32 then if you have a GWX folder check the size of that, if it's something like 6-12gb then it has preloaded your "upgrade" OS for you so that a stealth upgrade can happen at a point you click the wrong button on that GWX popup.

Anyway once you find the folder you will need to add yourself to the owners of it, Right click on the file > Properties > security tab > Advanced > owner tab > edit > other users and groups, then find your account add it to the list, then try and get rid of it... but I think someone mentioned there is a little app people made to just remove all of the GWX in one action now without having to do the digging around yourself, just be careful obviously with what you use for it since you will be giving whatever program it is full admin rights so would be an easy way to pick up a nasty bit of spyware.