>On a different topic, what annoys the hell out of me is constant pop-up from Dell and McAfee for all kinds of "things" they offer. Hopefully I will uninstall these soon.
Now that the free MS Security Essentials is available, I don't see much reason to use 3rd-party AV in a non-corporate setting. I've had a lot of trouble with McAfee and Symantec over the years, I'd say get rid of them and use MSE.
What I find a bit scary is that Intel bought McAfee, and is considering baking it into systems at the BIOS level:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395005,00.aspIIRC you can uninstall Dell utilities in Programs & Features. You might want to leave any Dell Wireless Assistant in place, but I don't think any of the others are necessary for the functioning of your computer.
Regards. Al
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