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I've said it for decades. It checks all the boxes for being classified as a virus.
It self-propagates? Well that's new.
Windows 7 users found themselves on 10 somehow
The "YOU WILL UPGRADE! YOU WILL BE HAPPY! YOU WILL NOT COMPLAIN! they feed people is sad
Updating to a new version isn't self-propagation though. Maybe if it randomly installed itself overtop of Linux or MacOS, they'd have a point.
It also doesn't modify other computer programs and maliciously insert its own code into those programs or require a host program.
So I guess maybe it doesn't have... Any features of a virus at all.
It just sucks.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus