Microsoft confirms it accidentally installed new OneDrive app on Windows 11 PCs, and there's no easy way to remove it yet
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/09/microsoft-confirms-it-accidentally-installed-new-onedrive-app-on-windows-11-pcs-and-theres-no-easy-way-to-remove-it-yet/
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henfredemars@infosec.pub · 173 pts · 27d
“Accidentally”
Microsoft’s notion of consent is terrifying.
El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 27d
Yeah, I removed OneDrive at least twice and they "accidentally" reinstalled and reactivated it on two updates.
The second time I found out about it because I got a warning that they had uploaded too many of my files against my consent, my allotted cloud storage was full, and if I wanted access to my files I had to pay up.
I removed it again, then there was another update. Guess whose files "accidentally" got held for ransom again?
Now I'm on Linux.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 27d
I quit because of the constant advertising causing interruptions to my workflow. Unacceptable. I switched over to Linux generally because I kept finding Windows to be a deeply unserious and frankly disrespectful OS.
El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 27d
Disrespectful is right. I'm still angry thinking about it.
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 27d
This was me with edge. After the third time that was installed without my consent I was like FTS.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 27d
I came in to say just that, so, I'm just going to upvote you and move on.
dgriffith@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 27d
"I don't even wait. And when you're a big company, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the auto-update. You can do anything."
Hey, if it's good enough for the esteemed President of the United States of America, it's good enough for Microsoft.
patruelis@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 27d
Easier yo ask forgiveness than permission.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 27d
Why do either?
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 27d
True, but easier for whom? Easier for them, not easier for me when I have to clean up their mess.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 27d
Even easier to ask for neither.
PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 0 pts · 27d
Its the company gates built.
Miller@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 27d
The ways this differs from malware is none.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 62 pts · 27d
"Oopsie doodle" - An international multi-trillion dollar company that has their equipment in literally every government and military.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 49 pts · 27d
The easy way to remove the malware is to install Linux.
PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 20 pts · 27d
That's just totally untrue. Openbsd is also an option.
dgriffith@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 27d
Debian GNU/Hurd is out there now too, I've been meaning to stick it on a VM. I'm sure it's a perfectly acceptable substitute for Win11 for nearly all users.
😬
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 22d
They said easy.
tynansdtm@lemmy.ml · 38 pts · 27d
Wow, Microsoft sure has been making a lot of accidents lately. Almost like things are being done without human oversight.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 38 pts · 27d
There are no accidents.
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 27d
We say 'accident' we mean 'test bench for public backlash' before we roll it out to every user.
Peffse@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 27d
Microsoft:
fodor@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 27d
"accidentally" ... "no way" ... lol
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 26d
"Accidentally"
Suuure
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 24 pts · 26d
TrumpetX@programming.dev · 15 pts · 27d
I know a good way to *nix it!
BillCheddar@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 26d
Kinda like how the wives of cops always accidentally have black eyes.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 26d
C: She fell down the stairs.
M: Don't you live in a single level house?
C: ...at a friend's house.
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 14 pts · 26d
That's why I accidentally installed Linux Bazite.
Gsus4@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 26d
How well does it handle windoze games?
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 26d
I can't speak for Bazzite but coming from SteamOS it's arguably better than under Windows.
The only games that don't work are the ones with the ridiculous kernel level anti cheat.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 27d
Mio@feddit.nu · 8 pts · 27d
Accident installed. Then lets fix it by removing it from all computers.
Lanske@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 27d
Yes there is. Install a linux distro
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 26d
XLE@piefed.social · 2 pts · 27d
How many times could Microsoft slap their users in the face after swearing not to (with K2)? I've long lost count. The number is too high though.
ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 27d
I haven’t used windows in years except when my mother asks me to help her out occasionally, and I don’t miss it at all.
Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 26d
Used to need a computer. Haven't had one for years, don't miss it.
Sasquatch@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 26d
can't even imagine the morse code paddle setup and mental capacity needed to transcode the REST requests to post this. Do you write down the session key, or just remember it?
Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 26d
Hate is for folks that don't have anything else. Hold it tight, it'll be cold when it's gone.