Why PC Makers Deliver Misery
Zdnet’s Ed Bott – a long time crapware watchdog – calls on PC makers to come clean about the profits they are making from preinstalled 3rd party software.
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Anti Virus Companies Profit in Ugly PUP Game
A shocking number of Anti Virus products are generating revenue through PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs).
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Free Text & HTML Editor
Note from PC Pitstop: We recently asked our TechTalk contributors to recommend a favorite FREE application or tool that they currently use. This post is the Bob Rankin response to our request.
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Why Download Sites Require Extra Caution
The convenience of popular online download sites is overshadowed by the rampant crapware that is attached to many downloads initiated from these sites.
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Clean Computer Clutter to Improve Performance
Here are some free tools to clean up your hard drive and make sure your computer is running smoothly…
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35 Tips for Making a PC Faster
These tips will tell you how you can make your Windows PC startup, run and shutdown faster.
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Valuable Tool Safely Installs New Software
Here’s a tool that makes it super simple to safely install new software, and keep it all up to date…
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Java update ‘doesn’t prevent silent exploits at all’ (ZDNet)
Ben Woods at ZDnet (1/28/13) points out that despite the supposed ‘fix’, machines running Java are still “open to further attacks”.
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Five Things You MUST Do On Your New PC
Here are five things every user should do to a new desktop or laptop PC as soon as it comes out of the box…
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Microsoft is the Bad Guy?
You buy a PC. There is crapware all over it. Unwanted trial programs slow your brand new system to a crawl. We’re talking about the programs installed by the OEMs, you know, HP, Sony, Dell, those guys. The programs we’re talking about are the trial office and antivirus, games and photo albums. You name it and it’s there. You don’t need it and you shouldn’t want it.
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