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You know, junk software that is bundled with legit software, or stuck onto the .exe like CNet does. (Always afraid to download / install Malwarebytes from CNet.com / download.com for that reason.)
Either that, or you clicked "Next" one too many times, without unchecking the companionware offer.
Some of this junk software, actively loads new junk software onto the computer, until it gets so bogged down to be useless.
Well, I've had success with both FreeFixer and RevoUninstaller, combatting this stampede of junkware. Note that these are not viruses, per se, nor rootkits. The vast majority include a proper uninstaller. Although a rootkit could be behind the proliferation of the junkware.
Note what I said about the self-restoring junkware. Sometimes, you uninstall it, and then it comes right back.
I use FreeFixer to remove the control chokepoints (startup items, BHOs, toolbars, AppInit DLLs, Scheduled tasks, you name it.), then after it starts booting clean without any of the junkware starting up, use Revo Uninstaller to nuke it completely off of the HDD and out of the Registry.
Either that, or you clicked "Next" one too many times, without unchecking the companionware offer.
Some of this junk software, actively loads new junk software onto the computer, until it gets so bogged down to be useless.
Well, I've had success with both FreeFixer and RevoUninstaller, combatting this stampede of junkware. Note that these are not viruses, per se, nor rootkits. The vast majority include a proper uninstaller. Although a rootkit could be behind the proliferation of the junkware.
Note what I said about the self-restoring junkware. Sometimes, you uninstall it, and then it comes right back.
I use FreeFixer to remove the control chokepoints (startup items, BHOs, toolbars, AppInit DLLs, Scheduled tasks, you name it.), then after it starts booting clean without any of the junkware starting up, use Revo Uninstaller to nuke it completely off of the HDD and out of the Registry.
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