10 is a nightmare, I hear from users on my 4 forum sites. And I'm not concerned about the lack of security updates on 7. I ran XP for 4 years on the web, without any problems. Your best defense against unremovable malware is an image. I do images of all my desktop machines.
Win7 Ult/ 3.40 GHZ Intel Core i5-3570K /ASRock mobo Z77 Pro4 /SSD/ EUFI MS 3400 MHZ/8 GB RAM; Win 7 Ult/Verizon FIOS wired network
Waterfox Classic/Chrome / Firefox 115esr
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"The medium is the message." - Marshall McLuhan