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Groove could be dangerous
George says: "Groove is something that comes with Office 2007 and I haven't figured out how to disable that yet without having it automatically come back though it doesn't seem to be causing any problems."

From my understanding Groove is for peer to peer networking with projects that are worked on by a team in Office 2007. It opens a port each time it's loaded, so I see a security danger there. Other than changing it's name and making sure that it's not brought back with DEP, I've not seen any documentation on how to turn it off.
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Groove could be dangerous  k12IT | 04/20/07
There might be some settings in Office to turn Groove off  georgeou | 04/20/07
Spot On  nucrash | 04/20/07
Some things never change  georgeou | 04/20/07
Of course Apple never does that...  aep528 | 04/21/07
Linux....  bportlock | 04/21/07
QuickTime is never ok  georgeou | 04/21/07
The difference is..  msalzberg | 04/21/07
crApple to begin very soon  GuidingLight | 04/23/07
Itunes not required for Quicktime  donniebnyc@... | 04/23/07
Quicktime w/o iTunes available for PC, now...  3D0G | 04/23/07
QT w/o iTunes  M.R. Kennedy | 04/23/07
Retard! (might as well join the throng of insults around here)  dropzone@... | 04/23/07
Excuse me!  Dodgemom | 04/23/07
are you a troll?  ChazzMatt | 04/23/07
Whom are you addressing?  Dodgemom | 04/23/07
Very Spot On, But the funny thing about Crap ware  bka1959 | 04/23/07
I wasn't in this business back then  georgeou | 04/23/07
I think it might have been Devorak back in the ZiffDavis Days NT  bka1959 | 04/23/07
You have to be kidding!  xstep | 04/20/07
Easy  toadlife | 04/20/07
That's part of it  georgeou | 04/20/07
Hence Mac was Spot On  nucrash | 04/21/07
Problem is that Apple contributes plenty of crapware in Quicktime and iTune  georgeou | 04/21/07
Can't win that easily  nucrash | 04/21/07
IE7 isn't crap though  georgeou | 04/22/07
No worse than what Apple loads  M.R. Kennedy | 04/22/07
I'll give you MIM...  fr0thy2. | 04/23/07
Partly 'crapware'??  Patanjali | 04/23/07
Crap Crap and More Crap  nucrash | 04/24/07
Quicktime - crapware - yes  fr0thy2. | 04/23/07
Balance, George. BALANCE yourself.  dropzone@... | 04/23/07
No actually he's write and a comment like that  fr0thy2. | 04/23/07
Nope, they're victims  georgeou | 04/20/07
Good advice too  xstep | 04/21/07
It's not Microsoft's fault ...  mwagner@... | 04/27/07
Never mind the "bloated PC" video...  bportlock | 04/21/07
ROTFLMAO!!!!! NT  bka1959 | 04/23/07
Huh?  Bucky24 | 04/23/07
Need some help?  GW Mahoney | 04/21/07
I wouldn't put special codecs, I use K-Lite for everything  georgeou | 04/21/07
Start with the drivers  Virt | 04/22/07
Multiple Wireless clients are a nightmare  georgeou | 04/22/07
The issues start when  Virt | 04/23/07
Good point George.  IAHawkeye | 04/22/07
Another Mac elitist  NonZealot | 04/23/07
NonZealot's post above this one is PURE garbage  dropzone@... | 04/23/07
Another Windows masochistand sadist whne you wish your pain on others.  MacCanuck | 04/23/07
A Dilbert "Ahhhhhhhh!!!"  MacCanuck | 04/23/07
A Mac is expensive compared to a PC?  sketchy_2001 | 04/27/07
You are correct but ...  mwagner@... | 04/27/07
Your right: Apple does not compete on this level  John Zern | 04/23/07
"King Of The Cheap Ass Crappy PC" HP or DELL?  janesman2007 | 04/23/07
You left out Compaq, but choice of words count  intrepi@... | 04/23/07
PC Decraptifier and Autoruns  Master Tech | 04/23/07
Autoruns is great, thanks for link!  georgeou | 04/23/07
Feature - Multiple User Account Control  Master Tech | 04/24/07
The nerve of some people  Chad_z | 04/23/07
Hey 'tard.  James T. Kirk | 04/23/07
OEMs to blame  jefmud | 04/23/07
A Useful Tool  OnTru | 04/23/07
Great Article  DaffyDuck | 04/23/07
Alternatives.  Anton Philidor | 04/23/07
And let's not forget backups.  Anton Philidor | 04/23/07
Windows Defender - remove it!  fredrwright@... | 04/23/07
Defender tolerates tracking cookies...  Anton Philidor | 04/23/07
Windows Defender is a great product...  ju1ce | 04/23/07
Not to put you off Defender but it has it's problems  intrepi@... | 04/23/07
AVG  justanitguy | 04/23/07
Good.  Anton Philidor | 04/23/07
The pay version of AVG can check at scheduled times (nt)  CobraA1 | 04/23/07
Help for the rest of us  hawleyj@... | 04/23/07
Google is Your Friend  DaffyDuck | 04/23/07
Googling one at a time is time-consuming.  Anton Philidor | 04/23/07
Help for the rest of us  janesman2007 | 04/23/07
Help For The Rest of Us  30bob1 | 04/23/07
macs do get bloated too...  Narg | 04/23/07
This article is talking about software that ...  mrlinux | 04/23/07
Too bad you have to stoop to lies.  dropzone@... | 04/23/07
That's right. Apple's great  John Zern | 04/23/07
Now this is real life....  fr0thy2. | 04/23/07
Thanks George.  clareJ | 04/23/07
You sure? There's always crapware.  georgeou | 04/23/07
I got rid of them  p.vinnie@... | 04/23/07
Not related to this discussion  georgeou | 04/23/07
Anti-Crapware...Try this..  lordpongo2005 | 04/23/07
Winpatrol-Yes  pmat20@... | 04/26/07
IT'S LIKE THE MANUFACTURER NEVER EVEN TURNED ON A COMPUTER  BALTHOR | 04/23/07
Windows Operating System  TrPrince | 04/23/07
You don't need anything in the startup  georgeou | 04/23/07
Why so complicated?  kvo | 04/23/07
Good God, What a Difference  daddykevin13 | 04/23/07
I Always Do That  itanalyst | 04/23/07
Even with cleaning stuff out...  kokuryu | 04/23/07
More Reason to Use Linux  etkinsd@... | 04/23/07
right on brother!  astawerksdotcom | 04/24/07
Costs  jakesty | 04/30/07
Talking about Linux...  goyta | 05/21/07
unsurprisingly, after I installed opensuse over XP the crapware stopped happy  michael_t | 04/23/07
Boot times aren't really faster with linux  intrepi@... | 04/23/07
Defeat the profit motive  jpolicke@... | 04/23/07
I was addressing  ChazzMatt | 04/23/07
but I see I was wrong  ChazzMatt | 04/23/07
ChazzMatt......  Dodgemom | 04/24/07
Crapware!!!!?????  Kettie | 04/24/07
'Crapware' brings down the cost of buying a PC  mrjonno | 04/24/07
Yes, but...  jakesty | 04/30/07
proprietary drivers  Jim8ms | 04/24/07
Sony Laptop VGN-FS920  Plynn | 04/28/07
Big_ups_2_CCleaner  cluvet2004@... | 04/24/07
Not related to this story  jakesty | 04/30/07
Like I have been saying for years...  tek_heretik | 04/24/07
After I installed Linux, Surprise no crapware  mikifinaz1@... | 04/25/07
Hey Dee, Dee, Dee  jakesty | 04/30/07
Easy to fix  NYJets12 | 04/27/07
THERE SHOULD BE A SPECIAL FILE THAT REMOVES IT ALL.  donboudreaux@... | 05/03/07
How hypocritical of Apple!  goyta | 05/21/07

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