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does anyone know how I can get this big brother spyware crap off my dell studio xps 1340 laptop? I have receipt and bought it on a dell credit so i can prove to dell and absolute its mine but they are both unresponsive to emails and i would rather have anon medicated root canal than calling. I tried ending process every time i reboot on it but it regenerates itself. I cant disable it in the bios, it shows it but doesnt allow the option. i hate dell
 
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I have a new laptop, and never paid for a subscription. I didn't even know I had their damned spyware installed in my BIOS (or in whatever other piece of hardware it is). I've never even been invited to subscribe. Yet my firewall one fine day warned me that rpcnet.exe was trying to access the net. I googled it, and that's how I know what it is.
DON'T BELIEVE THEM IF THEY SAY IT "LIES DORMANT" UNTIL ACTIVATED WITH A SUBSCRIPTION. I personally caught it talking to them.
DON'T BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY SAY THEY HAVE DEACTIVATED IT.
Think about it:
1) They've already stolen from you. Computer manufacturers pay them for this "enhancement" -- or at least somebody does. Obviously the cost gets passed onto the consumer who buys the laptop...
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