Bad PC Programs
 

These babies ain't worth
being on your system!

WARNING:  These programs may void
the warranty on PC's that I service!

- 202 Games *
- ALL programs by Broderbund, particularly those developed in the late 1990’s to the present.
- All programs by GATOR *
- ALL Programs by n-CASE *
- Anything from Smiley Central (smileycentral.com) and stclick.com *
- Bonzi-Buddy *
- Bing Toolbar
- Clear Search / iClearSearch *
- Compaq Connections
- CPUSave / CPUSave32 **
- Crescendo BASIC version 5.1
- Date Manager *
- Desktop themes
- DI.exe / Dial32 / dlm / Dial33 *
- Do-3D
- DownloadWare *
- Event Reminder (some versions) *
- First Aid ’97 *
- Free AltaVista
- GAIN / GStartup *
- Game Channel *
- Guard Dog (ESPECIALLY 2.x) *
- HotBar *
- HP Connections
- HP Total Care
- I-Hook / I-Lookup *
- IncrediMail and possibly IncrediGames
- Internet 404 *
- Interstitial Ad Delivery *
- I-One-Eighty / iOneEighty *
- IST Toolbar *
- Kazaa (ESPECIALLY the OTHER stuff that gets installed *)
- Kernels32.dll / Kernels32.exe * (Note:  Kernel32.dll is fine and is a critical system file.)
- Loadqm *
- Maja.exe **
- MSN Toolbar
- MySearch / MySearchBar *
- News Flash *
- Norton Antivirus 2001, 2004 (ESPECIALLY 2001)
- Point32 (gives advanced mouse features)
- PowerSearch
- PrecisionTime *
- Print Artist 4.5 (and probably other versions)
- PurityScan / Winservn.exe *
- Registry Compressor Pro (PARTICULARLY CONFLICTS WITH
  SOUND BLASTER LIVE AND AUDIGY CARDS!)
- Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5.0 and 6.0 * -- Versions 5.29 and 5.31 seem
  to be ok.
- SaveNow / Save / WhenUSave *
- Select Rebates *
- Sexy.exe **
- Share-to-Web
- Shop-at-Home Toolbar *
- Spoolsvr32.exe **
- the "DAD" portion of Corel Office Suite *
- The Search Mall *
- The Weather Channel / Desktop Weather / WeatherBug *
- Transparent
- ViewWebSite *
- Wal-Mart advertisement CD's *
- Web Rebates *
- WhenUSearch *
- Windows Media Player 9 (some variants of it)
- Winssk.exe **
- WinZip 9.0 * (IF you have Virtual CD and an HP DVD burner on your system)
- World Chess Network *
- Xupiter *
- Yahoo Companion
- ZeroSpyWare *
- CoolSearch *
- CoolWWWSearch *
- SpySweeper
- Ad-Away
- I-Search *
- 180Solutions *
- AOL / America On-Line *
- WinFixer *
- SpyAxe *
- SpywareStrike*
- SpywareCleaner *
- SpyFalcon *
- RegistryOptimizer
- Quick Links *
- Surf Sidekick *
- Related Sites *
- A Better Internet *
- Stuff by Zeno
- FastNetSearch browser “enhancer” *
- Comcast toolbar
- Warez / Warez P2P *
- Sonic Record Now (paid versions of 7.x and later free versions, probably 6.x to the present)
- Many, if not most, 3rd party Internet Explorer Toolbars
- Any resident program launchers
- Most PC “repair” utilities

Programs denoted with an asterisk (*) are particularly not worth being on your system!!!  Programs with a double asterisk (**) are the result of a virus!