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CCleaner becomes adware, here's how to avoid Avast ads
CCleaner becomes adware, here's how to avoid Avast ads
One of the more popular Windows cleanup tools, CCleaner, has added Avast ads on to their software. After being acquired by Avast, CCleaner wants ...... 20 Nov 2017 - 7 comments
Lenovo releases a tool to uninstall adware program Superfish
Lenovo releases a tool to uninstall adware program Superfish
Undoubtedly, one of the biggest tech news pieces of the week was the fact that Lenovo pre-installed Superfish, an adware program that could be easily exploited to give anyone unencrypted access to your PC. 21 Feb 2015
     

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