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Is this safe?

lovingGamer
By lovingGamer
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of course is not safe

 

it may have a trojan or a mining virus

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You never know what is pre-installed on it.
Id rather recommend you to use the win10 technical preview.

I dont think you are allowed to link to the torrent.

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What is the worst thing that can happen with Pirated OS?

like this one --snip_

Is it safe to use priated OS?

Yup. 95% of people I know use pirated OS. I used it too untill got it free from dreamspark .

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what is mining virus?

bitcoin mining virus

 

makes your CPU or GPU load go max 100% even when you are doing nothing

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pirated OS's are not safe at all

 

if you cannot afford windows, either use windows 10 preview, or use Linux

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