content: At this point, I have chosen to take the risk of "an increased chance of being attacked via a Windows 8.1 exploit" rather than leave Windows Update active. As soon as I am done with my college courses, I am swapping my OS to Linux and never looking back. I always knew that the even-numbered Windows Operating Systems were bad, but I never thought that they would purposely jump straight from an even-numbered OS to an even worse even-numbered OS.