#Uninstall apptrap install#

Make sure that when you agree to something, or leave the checkbox selected, it is relevant to the software you want, and not something else that’s just along for the ride.

#Uninstall apptrap install#

Many very reputable developers have to bundle software with their stuff just to pay the bills, but they make it really obvious how not to install the extra stuff, as long as you read before clicking NEXT-NEXT-NEXT. The easiest way to solve a problem is by avoiding it in the first place, so when you install some new media player or codec or viewer, anything really, read before you click. There are a variety of ways you can go about getting rid of the crapware and bloatware on your computer to get it back to the way you want it to be. Worse still, is if your new PC comes complete with pre-installed malware.Įither way, you want that garbage gone and you want it gone now. Now what?Įven worse is when we get a “great deal” on a new PC, buy it, get it home, and find that the entire desktop is covered with icons for trial software and try-before-you-buy software and other garbage you will never use, and a good part of your hard drive is occupied by this crapware and bloatware. It had passengers, and one of those NEXTs you clicked so quickly without reading was asking you to agree to install something you really don’t want. Then you realize that the software you meant to add wasn’t flying solo. We then start to get toaster pop-ups asking us to register something/upgrade something/answer a survey on something… it’s enough to drive you crazy. Later, we launch our browser and we have a new homepage and our favorite search engine has been hijacked.

We download something off the Internet or buy it from the store, we know we want a default install, so we just NEXT-NEXT-NEXT-ENTER and the program installs.