Microsoft accused of bundling new Windows 10 nagware into latest Patch Tuesday updates

Chris Merriman
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More Windows 10 nagware being sneaked into Microsoft updates

Microsoft has been accused of sneaking new Windows 10 nagware into its latest slew of Patch Tuesday updates.  First discovered by Woody Leonhard at InfoWorld, this month's KB3139929 security fix...

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