Windows Weirded Me Out

I've been using Linux Mint for over a month now. I've been wanting to make the switch to Linux for a long time, mostly because Windows is a beta OS with spyware built in, virtually no control over what you can limit the OS to do, and so full of vulnerabilities you could drive a dump truck full of viruses right through it. The only thing that was really keeping me on it was my college requiring Visual Studio for programming, and most of the games I play aren't available on Linux.

Now that I no longer need Visual Studio (I'm looking into learning how to do programming on Linux), am able to play my Windows games through Wine, and most of my web browsing and online stuff could always be done on Linux, I made the switch full time.

The other day, I was looking for a media player that had the same functions as the Nexus Media Player that comes with the Nexus Dock. It basically holds a playlist and when you click on the icon the music starts playing without having to open any programs. It just kind of runs in the background playing your music until you click it again to stop the music. I didn't know what the name of it was, so I switched over to Windows in order to get more info about it, and see if there was an alternative I could find on Linux.

As soon as it loaded to the desktop, I got this weird feeling. As I was looking at it, I started feeling gross, like I was being infected with some kind of weird disease just sitting in front of it. It was kind of like watching some kind of gross reality TV show, and you can't look away, but you can only wince and go, "Ew...yuck." I found the information I was looking for, and quickly switched back over to Linux. Afterwards, I sat for a few moments, feeling this...disgust...like getting drunk out of your mind and waking up the next morning and wondering what the hell that thing is snoring in the bed next to you. I almost had to go take a shower just to make sure none of it got on me.

The thing is, I use Windows at work all day long, every day, and never had an issue with it. But this...it was a just very bizarre experience. I know it's only Windows and all, but it just...weirded me out. This ever happen to anyone else?