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I never heard of any of this noobware
except maybe the crapware de-installer, which I am wondering if it will uninstall the rest of the ten thing you "gotta" have. I recommend Grisoft/AVG anti-spy/virus, as it is currently the lightest and tightest of the major anti-xware. And that coupled with a little common sense should be all you need.

One of the things I ALWAYS find when cleaning the infections from a machine I DO NOT CONTROL, is various "free" antivirus/mal/crap/spy whatever trojan things with names similar to:
Registry sweeper
virus vacuum
malware handiwipe
Etc.......

and I have to say " don't ever install this sh*t", but they do it again and again, trying to undo the damage caused by their unsafe behavior.

AND now we got ZDnet recommending this type of stuff, and grandma in florida will see some crappy "registry hygene" spyware and think she remembered seeing it here.
Then you gotta be on the phone with grandma saying "click the start button, go to settings, etc" trying to get rid of it, and probably end up making her ship the thing to you.
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