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You are here: Home / Articles / Software / A Directory on Bloatware

A Directory on Bloatware

2010-02-22 by Jason

I hate it when I download something and it tries to install more stuff than what I asked for. Thus I composed this Directory of Bloatware comprised of software that I’ve encountered recently that try to install more than what was listed.

I know a lot of companies use these additional installations as their revenue stream in order to provide free software, but the ‘bloat’ label is still accurate. It unnecessarily increases the size of the installer I’m downloading and the amount of software installed on my computer if I just go through the default install. A bigger installed software footprint means there are more applications that need to be kept up-to-date or could potentially have system-compromising vulnerabilities. I would like to see an industry standard where tag-along software must be listed along with the download link.

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Software I’m trying to InstallSoftware it tries to Install
Adobe FlashAdobe Download Manager / GetPlus+, McAfee Virus scan
Adobe ReaderAdobe Download Manager / GetPlus+
Adobe ShockwaveGoogle Toolbar
Apple UpdaterSafari, MobileMe
Avast! 5Google Chrome
CCleanerYahoo! Toolbar
DAEMON Tools LiteSidebar Gadget, Browser Toolbar, DAEMON Tools default Search Provider, Browser Start Page
HotSpot ShieldHotSpot Shield Community Toolbar
IrfanViewGoogle Toolbar
iTunesQuickTime
JavaCarbonite Backup 30-day free trial Previously: Bing Toolbar, Yahoo! Toolbar
QuickTimeiTunes
WinampWinamp Toolbar, Winamp Search default search engine, 50 free downloads from eMusic

Feel free to add any others that you know of in the comments and I’ll update the list.

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