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Of course, if you're running Windows 10 and trying to avoid spyware, it's already too late.

I don't much like it either, but there's no need to inject anti-Windows propaganda into every single post about everything.

There is nothing "anti-Windows" about my post. It isn't a biased take, it's not propaganda, it's just fact.

There is somewhat of a logical inconsistency in trying to avoid spyware on Windows 10 that is hopefully explained by lack of knowledge. The purpose of my post is to inform. Not everyone is aware.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet...

True. There are some tools tough that try to help. E.g.:

http://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/

https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking

Now if only they could be incorporated into the standard anti-virus tools...

Please don't use these without fully understanding the impact of them. You may also be disabling parts of Windows Update at the same time.

From the open source one:

"Note: Windows Defender may report the EXE as a trojan (Win32/Pocyx.C!cl), and may therefore prevent you from extracting the EXE to anywhere on your computer. Set up an exclusion in Settings > Update & Security > Windows Defender > Exclusions by adding the folder you intend to extract the EXE to."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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