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OmegaMerc
04-19-2006, 03:27 PM
http://www.michaelrighi.com/2005/07/21/dell-spyware-my-way/

Shame on Dell.
nn_step
04-19-2006, 04:18 PM
That is not even remotely a surprise. I don't think this classifies as news.. it is stuff we all should know.
OmegaMerc
04-19-2006, 06:26 PM
Not sure why or how I ended up posting this, delete if needed. thx. :slap:
FragTek
04-19-2006, 06:28 PM
It took me 20 minutes per rig to get rid of all the :banana::banana::banana::banana: they loaded on for the 2 I setup on my gaming LAN... Total annoyance.
Orangeman
04-19-2006, 07:24 PM
Pretty much all commercial systems now come with loads of junk software preloaded. If you want it clean, build your own image and ghost.
trakslacker
04-19-2006, 08:06 PM
Pretty much all commercial systems now come with loads of junk software preloaded. If you want it clean, build your own image and ghost.


yeah a lot of it comes with AOL and all that crap, but I have NEVER seen anything like this on a gray-box computer
nn_step
04-19-2006, 08:07 PM
Low level format does an excellent job of removing all traces of Crap
turbox997
04-19-2006, 08:27 PM
I will have to remember this for the next Dell laptop I purchase.
Kunaak
04-19-2006, 08:38 PM
Wipe out the OS, start clean.
no spyware, no extra crap.... just the way it should be :)
IFMU
04-19-2006, 08:47 PM
Just a bit curious, but did anyone notice, that article/blog/whatever was originally posted
Dell Charges $49 to Remove Their Own Spyware
Written By: Michael Amor Righi, July 21st, 2005?

lol
Vincentvega18
04-19-2006, 09:48 PM
another great reason to buy dell :rolleyes:
viper650
04-19-2006, 09:59 PM
exactly why i wont buy a dell. now if i could convince my dad to do the same... he wont even let me reformat for him.

first thing i ALWAYS do when i buy a laptop or a family member has a prebought computer, is clean format with retail XP.
STEvil
04-19-2006, 10:50 PM
Just a bit curious, but did anyone notice, that article/blog/whatever was originally posted
Dell Charges $49 to Remove Their Own Spyware
Written By: Michael Amor Righi, July 21st, 2005?

lol

funny enough, I think we had a thread on this last year, or something very similar.
DriveEuro
04-20-2006, 07:24 AM
Every Dell laptop I've purchased (3 in the last year) I've turned on for a few minutes then did a full format and reinstall. Man, they just have so much crap preinstalled.
krille
04-21-2006, 08:08 AM
Although old news, it deserves all the attention. Big shame on Dell. Never liked the Dells much anyway.