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Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
I am adding myself so I can be kept up to date on this issue.
I am not about to agree to something I know nothing about that is supposedly coming MicroSoft without confirmation.
I will share that as someone else suggested, I successfully used "Restore" to revert to a one week earlier saved configuration - seems to have worked in removing the popup. I can now open my .docs, .xlsx, .pptx files without issue.
Would still like to get to the bottom of this and know if it is something Microsoft did or if it is a potential Trojan or Malware issue.... I believe the earliest post was on Sunday July 29... How long before Microsoft provides a meaningful response to this ?
Peter/Michael,
Great tip on the restore! About an hour ago the Mrs. called me over in a panic, she didn't know what to make of the popup (she had just downloaded meeting minutes from a friend when it happened) but knew enough not accept anything she hadn't intentionally accessed. I was a bit concerned because I have a legit copy of Office 2016 Pro and I accepted the EULA a couple years ago.
Anyway, my most recent restore point was and Automatic Restore Point from yesterday about 10 am. Rather that just restoring it, I checked what would be affected. Only one program/driver would roll back "Microsoft Office Pro....16.0.10325.20082"! I suspect we has a smoking gun.
What pisses me off ever further is the amount of info I had to let MS snoop into just to post here. I am one grumpy old man right now - will post restore results later today.
- Update - restore worked. Rolling back Microsoft Office Pro....16.0.10325.20082 allows me to access the Office 2016 apps (at least temporarily...) As MS becomes more and more intrusive, evaluating alternative office suites and operating systems may be necessary...the cynic in me wonders if, with all the electronics today, is privacy simply a memory of a previous generation and no longer maintainable. (Why are you laughing Alexa?)
Thanks for the tip, Peter. I may try a system restore when I get a chance, but I'm really not sure. The affected user seems happy enough using LibreOffice and accessing her email through webmail for now.
