Re: Gigabyte motherboards install spyware crap on your machine

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:39:32 -0400, TVeblen <Killtherobots@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 4/17/2011 2:53 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
I just installed a Gigabyte motherboard in my machine. A game program
called Zynga was installed and an icon was on the desktop and pinned
to the task bar. I unpinned the program and after a reboot it is
back. I HATE THIS. Anyway..........guess what? No uninstall
program. I found this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/software/137563-cant-remove-zynga-url-shortcut-pc.html

It uninstalled easily enough, but stuff like this is a pushy way to
piss me off.


--
O'Neil to General Hammond:
For the record Sir,I wanted to blow it the hell up.


Hey Met

Take a look here, post #53:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/901820-official-gigabyte-p67a-owners-club-discussion-6.html

I always select Custom Install for *anything* installed, download or

Custom install may work for some of you guys, but when the computer
starts asking me questions I get queasy.

media, and never rush through. You've got to look carefully to uncheck
all the checkboxes for bloatware, even the sneaky ones!

This is how manufacturers make money these days, by annoying the end
user. That's why you can buy a state of the art laptop for $700 US. Your
discount came at the cost of 70 unwanted, unneeded programs
pre-installed on your brand new system.
.

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