| Too bad the anti-virus vendors haven't gotten off their lazy asses to
| categorize the non-Windows 7/8 updates on Windows 7/8 (i.e., all updates
| that have only to do with migration to Windows 10) as malware.

| I agree with you, but I think they are afraid of Microsoft's deep
| pockets. Even though a suit by Microsoft against an anti-virus vendor
| who called GWX and Windows 10 would probably fail, the legal fees
| could bankrupt the smaller company.
|

That, and the fact that most people would think
the AV company was nuts. Even most people here
don't regard the telemetry updates as spyware. And
most people here are still allowing Windows Update.
People have become so passive that only a complete,
overnight transformation of their computer, into
something they don't recognize, warrants their
attention. And that's among the tech-literate crowd.

The discussion here sounds like what one hears with
Facebook changes: "Facebook had better be careful
because if I ever get 10 times more angry than I am
now... well... I might just stop using the Facebook
account that I don't pay for!" (Of course they won't,
because their whole life revolves around Facebook
contacts, and Emperor Zuck knows that.)

Most of the general public would probably just be very
confused by AV software calling Windows Update
malware.