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2. OpenCandy - Wikipedia

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   Produced by SweetLabs, it consisted of a Microsoft Windows library incorporated in a Windows Installer. When a user installed an application that had bundled the OpenCandy library, an option appeared to install software it recommended based on a scan of the user's system and geolocation. Both the option and offers it generated were selected by ...

3. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

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   A potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security.

4. Criticism of Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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   Concerns were shown by advocates and other critics for Windows 10's privacy policies and its collection and use of customer data. [44] Under the default "Express" settings, Windows 10 is configured to send various information to Microsoft and other parties, including the collection of user contacts, calendar data, computer's appearance including color of the chassis and "associated input data ...

5. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   Unwanted programs often include no sign that they are installed, and no uninstall or opt-out instructions. [2] Most hijacking programs constantly change the settings of browsers, meaning that user choices in their own browser are overwritten. Some antivirus software identifies browser hijacking software as malicious software and can remove it ...

6. Norton CleanSweep - Wikipedia

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   Quarterdeck introduced CleanSweep in early 1995 as a utility to completely uninstall complex Windows applications. Its main competitors back then were MicroHelp UnInstaller and Remove-it from Vertisoft Systems. [1] CleanSweep 95 (2.0) for Windows 95 was released later in 1995 as the very first application of this kind for the new operating ...

7. Uninstall McAfee Internet Security Suite - AOL Help

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   Windows 7/Vista. 1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. 2. Click the Programs icon, then click the Programs and Features link. Note: If you are in the Control Panel Home view, click the Programs link, and then click the Programs and Features link. 3. Click McAfee SecurityCenter to highlight it, then click Uninstall/Change.