unwanted software

Yet even cleaning out unwanted software - like everything else about wrestling with computers - is easier said than done.

Windows Defender is a freeware program designed to protect against spyware and other unwanted software.

It says the pages tried to download Javascript infections, redirectors and potentially unwanted software.

While no figures are available on the ranks of those jettisoning their PC's, the scourge of unwanted software is widely felt.

I-SPY also includes a sentence for "intentionally accessing a computer with the intent to install unwanted software."

The overall intention with the concept of privacy-invasive software is consequently to convey the commercial aspect of unwanted software contamination.

Apple is once again using its updating program that comes with iTunes and QuickTime on Windows to push unwanted software.

Adware, Spyware, and other unwanted software might add itself to the system registry in order to be automatically started when a Windows NT system logs on.

Standalone System Sweeper: An antivirus that scans a system for malware, rootkits, and potentially unwanted software.

Common use cases for rooting are the ability to remove unwanted software that came with the phone, and to install a different Android distribution, such as CyanogenMod, which provides additional features.

Our favorite way to deal with such software is PC Decrapifier, a freeware program designed to remove or uninstall a specific list of unwanted software in an unattended fashion.

These were criticized as being less cost-effective than simply buying game points, and in some cases, being outright scams that would download unwanted software or unwittingly sign up for a recurring subscription.

This approach differs from many other anti-spyware programs, which typically offer the user a possibility to "scan" the memory and hard drive of the computer and remove the unwanted software, after it has been installed.

PC Safety is a toll-free telephone number provided by Microsoft technical support for end-users that assists customers in removing malware infections such as viruses, spyware (including unwanted software), and adware.

ESET Mobile Antivirus was aimed at protecting smartphones from viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, worms, rootkits, and other unwanted software.

Of course, you can just leave unwanted software on your hard disk, but with the average application taking up something between 10 and 20Mb, it doesn't take long to fill your hard disk with junk.

Subvocally she gave it instructions, to go hunt those spurious flurries of unwanted software--all the scampering, chittering irrelevancies that kept swarming into her work space from the Net's chaos, disturbing her work.

The impact over time may be resultant deterioration of performance as the unwanted software or software components occupy memory, waste processing time, add disk I/O, consume storage and cause delays at system startup and shutdown.

A class-action lawsuit was filed against the company in an Illinois federal court in September, accusing it of fraud and trespass, among other wrongdoing, and antispyware advocates have listed the company as a purveyor of unwanted software.

With all anti-virus products there still has to be some manual vetting of the output, false positives can and will happen to all products, also many AV-programs flag "potentially" unwanted software that might be very safe for you but not for someone else.

A limitation which applies to System Restore in Windows versions prior to Windows Vista is that only certain file types and files in certain locations on the volume are monitored, therefore unwanted software installations and especially in-place software upgrades may be incompletely reverted by System Restore.