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Prawn01
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Hi there.

I recieved an email a while ago saying that I have reserved my copy of Windows 10 and that I may have to wait a while before I can download it. Or I could download it immediately using the Media Creation tool. I held off for a couple days then yesterday I decided to go ahead with it.

Here is a shot of the email, took it from a reddit post:

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Is this email legitimate? Because I've been reading reports of a scam going around where ransomware gets installed on the users PC

I'm scared now that I have installed this on my PC.

Thanks
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Prawn01 wrote Hi there.

I recieved an email a while ago saying that I have reserved my copy of Windows 10 and that I may have to wait a while before I can download it. Or I could download it immediately using the Media Creation tool. I held off for a couple days then yesterday I decided to go ahead with it.

Here is a shot of the email, took it from a reddit post:

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Is this email legitimate? Because I've been reading reports of a scam going around where ransomware gets installed on the users PC

I'm scared now that I have installed this on my PC.

Thanks


Just download the Media Creation Tool from here - [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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yeah the email is legit, I got it too
and just download it from the link ^
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Thanks for the replies people. Feel free to leave your thoughts.
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Yeah that's a legitimate email man. For your own peace of mind its better off to just download the upgrade [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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