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Windows 7: Why does crapware still exist?
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15 Jan 2013
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Why does crapware still exist?
Quote: Summary: If you followed security experts' advice and manually updated Java this week to fix a critical vulnerability, you might have gotten more than you asked for. Oracle probably makes tens of millions of dollars a year from crapware, and big venture capitalists see it as a growth business. Read more here: Why does crapware still exist? Follow the Silicon Valley money trail | ZDNet | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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15 Jan 2013
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 Laguna Hills Southern California |
Quote: Originally Posted by Golden  Quote: Summary: If you followed security experts' advice and manually updated Java this week to fix a critical vulnerability, you might have gotten more than you asked for. Oracle probably makes tens of millions of dollars a year from crapware, and big venture capitalists see it as a growth business. Read more here: Why does crapware still exist? Follow the Silicon Valley money trail | ZDNet Well this has been going on for a while now that is why I tell people to pay attention to the install process seems like everything has a hidden extra and you have to hit decline like 4 times to get to the real product
This comes at no surprise because the average user just clicks yes to everything and a the student of the game actually thinks outside of the box when it comes to these situations
Doesn't take much to just look at what is going on but we live in a world where people forget others are trying to take from them on a daily basis and i know we use our bank accounts etc on here and it's damn scary that still people turn a blind eye to these kinds of things that are really harmful | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me FX - Series Scorpious
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1
CPU Vishera FX 8350 Oc' 4.812Ghz 1.488 V-core full load 50c
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth 990fx rev 2.0
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance ram 1600mhz Oc'ed to 1750mhz
Graphics Card VisionTek HD7970 Ghz.ed Bios Crossfire 1150/1560 power 10%
Sound Card AC97
Monitor(s) Displays 27" ViewSonic 1920/1080dp hdmi 37in vizio hdmi dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 27"- 1920x1080 37"
Keyboard Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse Logitech wireless mouse
PSU HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case Thermaltake Element V
Cooling Antec 620 Water cooling system and 4 120 mm LED fans
Hard Drives Ocz Agility 120Gb SSD Seagate baracuda 500 Gb WD Mybook 500Gb
Internet Speed Cable 25+ mb
Antivirus WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
Browser IE-9, Chrome, Opera
Other Info I have 2 systems FX AM3+ 8350-K15 Oc'ed 4.812Ghz AM2+ 965 BE Stock 3.4 Ghz Both stable Both Gaming Rigs Also Hp Notebook 1.65 ghz Dual core amd E-450 8gb Patriot Ram DDR3 Discrete Gpu Hd6320 dedicated ram 1973 mb 15.5 screen
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15 Jan 2013
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
I used to worry about that stuff, but as soon as I get my share of the money from this guy in Africa I'll be set for life and never have to worry about it again.   | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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15 Jan 2013
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (upgrade) Lethbridge, AB |
The thing is java used to be quite good, and many large programs are built on it. I remember neooffice for mac was built on it, and blackberry Desktop manager is built on java.
The ironic thing was one of the reasons why java got so popular is because it was supposed to be secure. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple 17" iMac MA199LL (Early 2006)
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (upgrade)
CPU 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) (upgrade)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Monitor(s) Displays 17-inch TFT active-matrix LCD, millions of colors
Screen Resolution 1440 x 900
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600
Mouse Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
Hard Drives Hitachi 320GB HDT721032SLA360 7200RPM SATA II (upgrade)
Internet Speed 4 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome
Other Info WEI:
Base Score: 3.9 Processor: 4.4 Memory 4.7
Graphics: 3.9 Gaming Graphics: 4.1 Primary HD: 5.9
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15 Jan 2013
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64 East Midlands |
I am always careful with deselecting any check boxes, for the every reason of crapware being installed, although most of the time it is easy to remove, it's still much easier just to take a few extra seconds to read the check box description.
You always need to be careful, especially when your installing a free version of a program, for example Malwarebytes or SuperAntiSpyware, the 'free trail' is enabled by default, which then means you are forced into purchasing the full paid version of the program at the end of the trail. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Service Pack 1 - Linux Mint Mate 14 x64
CPU AMD E-450 APU (64-Bit) @ 1.65GHz Dual-Core
Motherboard HP 3387 36.0A (Socket FT1)
Memory 4GB DDR3 @ 676MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Sound Card Beats Audio - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays LCD HP Monitor
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Synaptics TouchPad V 7.5/Logitech USB Wireless
PSU Microsoft Composite Battery - ACPI
Case HP
Cooling HP Cool Sense
Hard Drives 500GB - SATA Hitachi HTS547550A9E384
Internet Speed 24.0 Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Opera 12.15; Firefox 21
Other Info NIC - Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Belkin Black Laptop Cooling Stand
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15 Jan 2013
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Milford,CT USA |
I hope you are not referring to the nice man who promised to help me get my forgotten uncles, who recently died, secret bank account. He said he would only keep 65% of the 10 mil.
I told him it was worth it ! | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self - built
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU AMD FX-8350 8 core
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
Memory 16GB / Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 210 1024MB
Sound Card on-board
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2311x
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated
Mouse M$ - Arc Touch
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050w
Case Fractal Define R4
Cooling Cooler Master Gemin II S524 - CPU Cooler
Hard Drives SSD: OCZ Vertex 3/120GB;(OS,programs)
HDD's; Hitachi, 1Tb internal,(Data)
SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2 Tb external(for B'up)
Internet Speed 21Mb down / 2Mb up
Antivirus Avast 8 Internet Security
Browser Firefox (newest)
Other Info Cisco E-3000 router, Logitech Z506, 5.1 speakers.
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15 Jan 2013
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1 Lost in disambiguation |
Cuz Micro$oft integrates it into it's OS by default?
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway NV59C Notebook
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz
Motherboard Gateway V1.08
Memory 8GB Kingston DDR3
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives WDC WD2500BPVT-75JJ5T0
Other Info MSSE AV, FFox, Ex-PLODE-r 9
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15 Jan 2013
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Quote: Originally Posted by COMPUTIAC I hope you are not referring to the nice man who promised to help me get my forgotten uncles, who recently died, secret bank account. He said he would only keep 65% of the 10 mil.
I told him it was worth it ! Shush, it's supposed to be a secret. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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15 Jan 2013
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Milford,CT USA |
Oh sorry !
I don't know what I'm sorry about, you never heard nothin' from my big trap.
Come to think of it, my uncle once lived in Nigeria !
Huh, coincidence ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self - built
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU AMD FX-8350 8 core
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
Memory 16GB / Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 210 1024MB
Sound Card on-board
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2311x
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated
Mouse M$ - Arc Touch
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050w
Case Fractal Define R4
Cooling Cooler Master Gemin II S524 - CPU Cooler
Hard Drives SSD: OCZ Vertex 3/120GB;(OS,programs)
HDD's; Hitachi, 1Tb internal,(Data)
SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2 Tb external(for B'up)
Internet Speed 21Mb down / 2Mb up
Antivirus Avast 8 Internet Security
Browser Firefox (newest)
Other Info Cisco E-3000 router, Logitech Z506, 5.1 speakers.
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15 Jan 2013
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 The North Star state |
Quote: Why does crapware still exist? Maybe its to help keep all of us alert and on our toes?  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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