My Windows 8.1 worker got hit on Wednesday by some "encrypt the world" ransomware. I'm not quite sure the path by which it reached the Azure VM, but regardless, it's toast.

I don't think I see enough value in re-installation, given the existence of the Windows 10 worker, plus I can probably bump some Windows 10 worker resources with the budget freed up by Windows 8. So I'm planning on letting the Windows 8 worker end its run at this point.

-- David