Which is a greater threat to your general welfare? 1. Al-Qaeda 2. Barack Obama 3. Preinstalled internet security software Last time you bought a computer, what did you do to get rid of the preinstalled security software? (Norton and McAfee aren't allowed in my house.) Will Windows 7 do a sufficient job of removing this junk from Control Panel>Uninstall A Program? If you have done this, please reply. Thanks.
Somewhat to my surprise McAfee and Norton have come off clean on two Windows 7 systems. For my core trading systems, I now use Microsoft Security Essentials with weekly scans. It's fast and take nominal resources during the day. My core trading systems only have broker software and data feed on it. I have Norton 2012 (was 2011 until a few days ago) for my main system. Also light with lots of good benefits, such as the file/download community validation. Combined with IE9 and the new aggressive privacy settings, that seems like a good combo (even though I like FF better).
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html Use that to remove any program, it will find just about any trace of it on your machine and remove it.