Pre-installed software (redirect from Crapware)
operating system vendor). Unwanted factory-installed software (also known as crapware or bloatware) can include major security vulnerabilities, like Superfish...
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mislead our users". 7 Jul 2011. "VLC media player suffering in face of crapware and uncaring Google". Geek.com. 7 Jul 2011. Archived from the original...
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machine where the testers downloaded the Top 10 apps. These all contained crapware/malware; one example was the KMPlayer installer, which installed a rogue...
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and freeware are just ads for really terrible sites that are bundling crapware, adware, and malware on top of the installer." In December 2011 Gordon...
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October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021. Bott, Ed. "Avoid Windows 10 crapware: How to get rid of Candy Crush and all the rest". ZDNet. Archived from...
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original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2022-04-02. "Cheat Engine installs malware/crapware without consent · Issue #322 · cheat-engine/cheat-engine". GitHub. Archived...
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Started With ACPI". GitBook. Hoffman, Chris (August 19, 2015). "Zombie Crapware: How the Windows Platform Binary Table Works". How-To Geek. "Vendors 'rootkit':...
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proprietary commercial software such as browser add-ons, also known as crapware,[improper synthesis?] stating "This is one of the primary ways we fund...
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February 2015. "Lenovo used Windows anti-theft feature to install persistent crapware". Ars Technica. Conde Nast. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original...
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to the use of installCore, ClipGrab has been described as "loaded with crapware". Virus reports on the ClipGrab forum have not received a response from...
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2016). "Google calls out Comodo's Chromodo Chrome-knockoff as insecure crapware". The Register. Retrieved 13 November 2018. Kirk, Jeremy (3 February 2016)...
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some downloads from SourceForge. It was often bundled with adware and crapware designed to trick people into installing unwanted software. SourceForge...
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July 25, 2012 Leyden, John. "Download.com sorry for bundling Nmap with crapware". www.theregister.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved...
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App Install Platform helps Android and Windows OEMs take the crap out of crapware". TNW | Insider. Retrieved 25 June 2014. Frank, Blair (16 May 2014). "SweetLabs...
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April 28, 2016. Bott, Ed (June 15, 2010). "Office Starter 2010 drops the crapware, adds ads". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June...
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2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010. Download.com sorry for bundling Nmap with crapware The Register 9 December 2011 Popular network tool Nmap in CNET security...
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19, 2020. "Lenovo used Windows anti-theft feature to install persistent crapware". Ars Technica. Conde Nast. August 12, 2015. Archived from the original...
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Joins the Dark Side, its Download.com Attempts to Fill Your Computer With Crapware Groovypost, Austin Ruthruff, 21 July 2013 Genieo installer tricks keychain...
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containing too many miscellaneous HTC apps and widgets alongside Verizon's "crapware" applications. However, she complimented the carrier for its less intrusive...
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