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The list can and will go on and on, as hijackers make new threats. They existed only to take over his browsing experience each appears on a list of browser hijackers (Opens in a new window) on Wikipedia. Both of those 'programs,' among others, were on my dad's PC.

In reality, it's about as likely as wanting to be set on fire.

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But they have to say 'potentially' because, sure, it's possible you wanted to install a toolbar for your browser called 'Search Protect' from a company named Conduit (Opens in a new window), or a search engine for your browser called Binkiland. It describes programs you probably didn't install on purpose, don't want, and probably find unusable. The programs don't call themselves that it's a term used by anti-malware companies, like MalwareBytes (Opens in a new window). 'Potentially Unwanted' Crapĭad's new Acer PC also had actual malware in the guise of 'potentially unwanted programs,' or PUPs. So you may still be on your own to an extent, but there are ways around it.

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You may still have to go through the regular uninstall process, which may be filled with tricks and traps to keep your new PC full of crap. These utilities point out some bloatware, but may not automate removal. You can find it on some other sites, but read on for why that's not always a good idea.) With it gone, another option is Should I Remove It? (Opens in a new window) (The excellently named PC Decrapifier (Opens in a new window) is another favorite, but as I write this the original site for downloading it appears to be totally offline, which is a shame. It has since been discontinued, but at the time it kept a database of crapware and helped identify it on a new Windows PC. Tricks and traps abounded.īack then, I turned to Slim Computer from Slimware Utilities. We had to carefully look for the fine print on the dialog boxes that read 'Delete Only' or similar. If we just wildly clicked where the button was, the uninstall might work-but something else got installed in its place. With many of the uninstall routines, the dialog boxes had giant buttons that would say 'Uninstall and Get PC XXXXXX' or something similar. Mom tried to uninstall the obvious things, but they persisted. Opening up the Uninstall a Program control panel revealed even more. The desktop was awash in at least 15 icons for needless, worthless crap.

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Using TeamViewer remote control software, I saw the system was a mess, yet all Mom had done was install the software for Dad's beloved (yet dying) Kodak printer. To get that price of $399, however, Acer sold out my parents and wasted hours of my family's lives. Hardware-wise, that Acer Aspire X (Model AXC-605G-UW20) they purchased at Walmart was sufficient. 'Just go find an off-the-shelf PC for under $400, it'll be fine compared to what he's got,' I told my mom (aka Dad's IT person in residence). I couldn't really recommend spending a lot of money to get it fixed. For example, a few years ago, my technophobic father, then age 75, got a new PC to replace his dying Windows Vista system, which he mainly used to print pictures. But in retail, it's a whole other world of crap. I'd never had major problems with crapware when buying PCs via mail order. There's a reason for that-crapware offsets the price of super-cheap PCs on retail shelves, even if it's only by pennies.

It goes by names like crapware, bloatware, or shovelware because computer makers shovel bloated digital crap by the barrelful onto new PCs. They'll gum it up for you with 'free' software you don't want. Leave that to the computer manufacturers. After all, you haven't gummed it up yet with software, right?

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