{"id":228,"date":"2015-02-28T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2015-02-28T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:00:17","slug":"adware-crapware-and-bloatware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/2015\/02\/28\/adware-crapware-and-bloatware\/","title":{"rendered":"Adware, Crapware, and Bloatware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Laptop-Glowing-Screen-Crapware-Compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Laptop-Glowing-Screen-Crapware-Compressed.jpg\" alt=\"Laptop Glowing Screen Crapware Compressed\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>Adware, crapware, bloatware, and junkware are all amusing terms used to describe the unwanted, PC slowing software that comes installed on your new computer.\u00a0 These so-called free trials start using nag screens to prompt you to make a purchase after 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>This is an old problem that isn\u2019t getting any better and probably won\u2019t.\u00a0 The PC manufacturers take money from third party companies to fill your new computer with junk software.\u00a0 It\u2019s like selling advertisements on your new computer.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this software doesn\u2019t slow your new computer down, but much of it does and some of it compromises the security of your PC.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to spend all the time necessary to remove this junk, you can take your new PC to a computer repair shop and pay a technician to remove it.\u00a0 This is a service I provide all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Another alternative is to buy your new computer directly from the manufacturer online. \u00a0You can request that no junkware be added to the computer. This also gives you the chance to customize the options you would like to have on your new PC.<\/p>\n<p>You might consider buying a PC from a manufacturer\u2019s business line.\u00a0 These PC\u2019s tend to have little to no junk pre-loaded on them.\u00a0 Computers designed for business also last longer than computers designed for end users.\u00a0 Another plus to this option is that manufacturers use higher quality parts in business machines.\u00a0 For example, the Dell Latitude is designed for business and the Dell Inspiron is for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth possibility is to buy a custom built desktop computer.\u00a0 These computers last for years and are easy to upgrade because they don\u2019t contain propriety parts.\u00a0 They\u2019re also faster.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Microsoft is now offering a line of computers that don\u2019t contain any trialware.\u00a0 <a title=\"Microsoft Signature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftstore.com\/store?SiteID=msusa&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;Action=ContentTheme&amp;pbPage=MicrosoftSignature&amp;ThemeID=33363200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Signature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to see manufacturer\u2019s offer consumers a crap free PC if they pay $50.00 or $100.00 more.\u00a0 Most people would readily pay extra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adware, crapware, bloatware, and junkware are all amusing terms used to describe the unwanted, PC slowing software that comes installed on your new computer.\u00a0 These so-called free trials start using nag screens to prompt you to make a purchase after 30 days. This is an old problem that isn\u2019t getting any better and probably won\u2019t.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computerfixx.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}