It beats all the other free software we've seen in our tests for malware removal. If you don't want to pay, check out AVG Antivirus Free 2014 (opens in new tab), the free version of AVG that lacks very little in terms of watertight security. Our favourites are Kaspersky (opens in new tab), Bitdefender (opens in new tab) and BullGuard (opens in new tab) – all will provide you with a very effective defence against malware, and their impact on system performance is minimal.
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If you're willing to pay to protect your system from malware and get some extra firewall protection to boot, we recommend you install a commercial Internet security suite. It might be worth keeping, especially if it's a free trial of a solid security product, which leads us to. If you still don't know what it does, it’s best to leave it.ĭon't confuse crapware with trialware – a trial version of software you might actually want that is active for a limited time. If you don't know what an item does, hover the cursor over the name for a description. Uncheck anything in the list you definitely don't want, such as games, Tablet PC Optional Components, etc. On the left, click "Turn Windows Features on or off." You'll get a User Account Control warning click OK. Load up the Control Panel (search for it on the Start screen) and click Uninstall a Program. This is a good time to kill anything you don't want that's part of Windows 8 itself. If you find more “crapplications” left behind, try Revo Uninstaller (opens in new tab), a free utility that does more to fully eradicate errant software than the built-in Windows control panel. SlimComputer promises to use community-sourced info to find stuff you don't want, but either tool will get rid of most of the crap. What can you do to decrapify your new PC? Download and run the free SlimComputer (opens in new tab) or PC Decrapifier (opens in new tab) utility. You're pretty much guaranteed to find extra preloaded software on a retail-bought consumer system, less so on a business-oriented one. The major system builders are reducing the amount of extra software (or at least making sure it doesn't appear all over your system), but there is a long way to go. The vendors install it under the guise of helping you out, but mostly they do it to get money from the software makers. That's because a lot of it is just that – useless crap. These "extras" go by many names: Bundleware, begware, bloatware, shovelware, and perhaps the most accurate, crapware. Big-name system vendors typically install software on their consumer PCs at the factory.
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