Consider your feelings and situation carefully before deciding.
Consider your feelings and situation carefully before deciding.
Your antivirus (Malwarebytes) identified certain files on your Windows system labeled as "Riskware." The Malwarebytes site indicated these might be associated with a pirated operating system, though you downloaded a non-activated version from the official Microsoft site.
Don't stress about it. I don't currently suggest MalewareBytes anymore; Windows Defender now covers most needs well.
defender tends to give a lot of false alarms, mwb seems more trustworthy. I believe the best mix is mwb (free) plus defender—this combo works well. *The paid version feels too intrusive and actually hurts performance, which is why you need defender for real-time tasks.* That’s a bit unclear, though. Do you still have the files? If so, please upload some to Virustotal and check what it reports.