Yes, of course I have the Windows firewall set on "On", that's a must and a default for me, rest assured. Thank you for telling me about Kasperski, it works very well at the moment, so it looks like a good choice for now.
@Vayra86 :
I really don't understand what you mean, because you are making no sense. What do you mean by "women's thighs"? You want to say that women have no thighs, or if they do, they are oddities? As far as my English knowledge goes, here is the definition of the word "thigh" explained by the website called Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thigh
So as far as my understanding of semantics goes, saying that women have no thighs is pretty much like saying men have no elbows, or something like that. Maybe your manner of understanding the natural physiology of human beings presents some oddities, mister. I believe you were either drunk or on something, or you tend to express your ideas in a manner only you understand, otherwise I believe any psychiatrist would raise his eyebrows at what you wrote.
But I sense something else here, and if I'm not mistaken, it's a (more or less) subtle intent of irony towards me. And you know what some people say? "Bluffing is the final act of a desperate person." Well, in your case, I am inclined to think that mocking (ME in this case) is your final act of manipulating me into using Windows 10.
The mere fact that you are trying so hard to convince me of Windows 10's innocence only results in having the opposite effect on me. Just like a guilty person who starts screaming "I've done nothing, leave me alone!" whenever the cops approach him. Because otherwise why would you insist of advocating Microsoft's policies?
Here are just two of the countless websites which state clearly what Windows 10 is doing:
https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welco...soft-confirms-unstoppable-windows-10-tracking
http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/
Let me help you even further, I'll extract the paragraph
from Microsoft’s privacy statement for you:
Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: 1.comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies; 2.protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone; 3.operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or 4.protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services – however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.
Did you read it? Was it clear enough? So how come you and some other guy here with 5 or 6 or 7 yellow stars can say that it's just a matter of rumors? Hmm?
Tell you what: why don't you just let it go and think something like this: "Hell, why should I bother with this guy? If he doesn't wanna listen to me, then let him stay with whatever OS he desires, and if he gets infected, it's entirely his own problem, he shouldn't come here crying and complaining, since me and so many others warned him from the start".
I understand you think differently from me, but the fact that you show no respect for my right of choosing an OS based on my free preferences is discriminating and insulting. So it's not me who should be ashamed for using an outdated OS because of my own reasons, but you, for disregarding and laughing at my constitutional liberties.
I stated it before and I'm gonna say it again, hopefully for the very last time: I will not, I repeat, I WILL NOT change my XP for Windows 10, only for 8 or 8.1, and that will happen when (and if) I will buy a newer and more performant PC. Is it clear enough? How much clearer do I have to make it? To hell with Windows 10! I will take a such a healthy fresh breath of air the day someone will tell me and prove me that all of its copies have been destroyed and all the algorythm implemented in it for collecting data from users has been erased, and ultimately, that Windows 10 is nothing but a tragic old story, like the Holocaust, for instance.
PS: all in all, I wanna thank everyone who posted here with the genuine desire of helping me, I appreciate your input, but since I sense that there is some chance for these discussions to go in an unpleasant direction, I would like to ask a Moderator or Admin to close this thread, since I already got enough answers, and my current Kasperski is doing a good job so far.