Had the same experience upgrading from Windows 7 to 8. I just left my PC there, went to bed and woke up the next day to Windows 8 welcome screen.
Anyone's read this? https://grahamcluley.com/2015/05/revealed-anti-virus-product-cheat/ EDIT: looks like I was late to the discussion.
Baidu Antivirus?
Me too. Seriously a 10-user key that is valid for one year!!! Now I feel kinda guilty for not providing that much feedback during the beta...
They're not the only one. McAfee has been bundling their Security Scanner with Adobe Flash Player update for years, Norton Security Scan banner...
Vista is still crap :D
My best guess would be that the resources belong to the banner ads that your Skype was trying to display. Maybe Bitdefender was a little too...
Is it just me or does the supposed new GUI look even more outdated than the current one? Seriously, this would only look great on my 10-year-old...
If you hate cloud features that much then: http://www.mydigitallife.info/disable-enable-office-2013-sign-in-cloud-services/
Still using it on my Win7 laptop. Fast and non-intrusive :D
Wait a minute, if you've installed it "for evaluation" and have "run it for several months now" shouldn't the red flag just about your expired...
Been seeing them on Softpedia from time to time, so I guess at least it's not a rogue product. Max Secure Software is an Indian company, and is...
Google Chrome and Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer :lurking: I doubt the latter is "hard to remove" though :argh:
Wa thanks for the info. Giant AntiSpyware was so great back then, it was still very good for a few months under the name of Microsoft AntiSpyware...
Sometimes it flags installers for installing crapware (which I'm glad it does). People may consider this a bit aggressive but IMO that should be...
This. Still funny to see how my G Data 2015 will expire on January 2014 though, way ahead of time :argh:
Gonzales, so it is equivalent to BitDefender Free Edition / BitDefender Antivirus Essential in some countries.
Dr.WEB CureIt! also fits most of the criteria at post 1 but you will have to download it again for updated virus databases, then there is the...
Try Norton Power Eraser :D Go to advanced options > system scan for a quick scan.
It's because TuneUp Utilities won't let you upgrade for free when a new version is out, while AVG PC Tuneup does (just like the rest of AVG's...
PUP means potentially unwanted program (mostly toolbars and other useless craps). Considering the impact they have on your PC's performance you...
Yep, still don't know what the heck hit them in 2009, I remember testing NAV 2009 in its beta form back then and was like "dang this is good",...
HitmanPro also uses the same combo, plus Kaspersky. I guess the overlapped component is neglected, i.e. Ashampoo = Bitdefender + Emsisoft inhouse.
Yep, unfortunately :(
Chill, it's only "upon user consent", which might help clueless people from getting into legal troubles for accidentally downloading pirated...
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