[dba-Tech] Crapware

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote:

> Somwhore I have been inf*cted with all this crapware such as MyPCBackup and
> a few others which bother me with messages about upgrading. I'm running
> Windows 8.1 and so far have not been able to locate these softwares and
> unnstall them. Even Chrome seems to be compromised. I click on some button
> and suddenly get a popup from somewhere I do not recognize. What should I
> do? Just reformat the disks and re-install? This is driving me nuts. Maybe
> it's time to complete the move to Linux and just say goodbye to all this
> crap.
>
> Since I'm semi-retired now, I have no daily reason to run Windows, so I
> could complete the move to Linux and run a Windows VM inside VirtualBox
> when required.
>
> The box in question is a Dell Inspiron with 8GB RAM and 1TB hard disk and a
> few USB attachments, and currently running Windows 8.1. I don't know what I
> did that installed all this crapware and it used to be simple to un-install
> software but I'm having trouble even finding the apps in question.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Arthur
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