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Dell rejects spyware charge
John Leyden, The Register 2005-07-15

Dell has rejected allegations that its PCs come pre-loaded with an intrusive application that spies on users' surfing habits. The equipment manufacturer said there was nothing untoward about My Way Search Assistant despite complaints from customers that the toolbar impares computer performance, changes browser settings and is difficult to remove.

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Dell rejects spyware charge 2005-07-15
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Re: Dell rejects spyware charge 2005-07-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
or maybe not format, but always run msconfig (on winXP and perhaps TCPView and ProcessExplorer from sysinternals and check everything that runs/walks/crawls. so see what loads.

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