'Never10' Tool Stops Accidental Windows 10 Upgrades

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http://www.pcmag.com/news/343272/never10-tool-stops-accidental-windows-10-upgrades

"Gibson's new tool, dubbed "Never10," is a simple utility that runs on Windows 7 or 8.1 and disables Windows from automatically upgrading to Microsoft's latest operating system.​

"The name 'Never 10' is a bit of an overstatement, since this utility may also be used to easily re-enable Windows operating system automatic upgrading," Gibson said in a statement. "But the primary reason for using this is to disable Windows' pestering insistence upon upgrading Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10."

 

From above tool link: 

"The elegance of this “Never 10” utility, is that it does not
install ANY software of its own. It simply and quickly
performs the required system editing for its user."

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<> Wisdom of Crowds re-think <>
Filename: never10.exe
Gibson Research Corporation
Version 1.3.1.0
Identified 5/6/2016 at 10:23:58 AM
Many Users
Thousands of users in the Norton Community have used this file.
New
This file was released 18 days ago.
Good
Norton has given this file a good rating.
File Thumbprint - SHA:
11aa7555af7d5d709aab1fa933a650e2c972898b1f28627f30d6b0af179ccffd

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I have checked the file URL with virustotal which gives "Detection ratio:    0 / 67    https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/fafafa10c1cad44922e5ea37b6d0431265f4881cf3f12f361ab46f473fada357/analysis/1462536282/

and clicking File scan:Go to downloaded file analysis  https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/11aa7555af7d5d709aab1fa933a650e2c972898b1f28627f30d6b0af179ccffd/analysis/1462535161/ it shows that only TheHacker gives "Posible_Worm 32". All the others, Symantec included, show a green checkmark.....

I am surprised as well.....

 

 

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Steve Gibson is known for designing safe and reliable programs so I was surprised to see NSBU flag the download and automatically remove it. The download came directly from the Gibson Research site: https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

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NSBU 22.6 Antivirus/Automatic Protection are at the default settings.