Is your PC loaded with elephantware?

Not too long ago the word spyware became part of our computing vocabulary to the point where almost everybody now knows that an anti-spyware application is probably one of the first applications you want to install on your brand new Windows PC.

Spyware refers to applications that are instaled stealthily on your computer for the purpose of intercepting your web traffic and taking control over your machine.

A new term is now on the rise - elephantware. This refers to legitimate but bloated applications that make your new PC operate as if it was already three years old.

Why is it that with all these fast CPUs we keep buying our computers are still sometimes as slow as those we used a few years ago? One of the answers is that companies creating software are just getting sloppy about their programming practices.

At any rate, read the article below, see if you have any of the mentioned applications installed and go for the alternates:

How to get rid of elephantware on your computer

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