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There are a lot of \u201cFree\u201d software solutions to solve your problems out there.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Ranging from Anti-Virus to Uninstallers and even productivity tools like office suites.\u00a0 <\/span>These can be very useful but sometimes come with a catch. They install additional software which you do not want or need.\u00a0 <\/span>This is not uncommon for free stuff to have a gotcha in the form of advertising for other people.\u00a0 <\/span>But it can be annoying and sometime even dangerous in the case of malware.<\/p>\n Microsoft has a solution that can help curb this practice and it is built into Windows 10.\u00a0 W<\/span>hile not perfect, it will stop most third party junk-ware from installing.<\/p>\n You will need to manually activate it with Power Shell (built into Windows also).\u00a0 <\/span>To do this you will need to open Power Shell as an administrator.\u00a0 <\/span>Once it is open you will need to type in the following:<\/p>\n Set-MpPreference -PUAProtection 1<\/p>\n After that you can exit Power Shell and that\u2019s it!<\/p>\n This is not a 100% solution so, as always, be careful when installing freeware or any software for that matter.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are a lot of “Free” software solutions to solve your problems out there. Ranging from Anti-Virus to Uninstallers and even productivity tools like office suites. These can be very useful but sometimes come with a catch. They install additional software which you do not want or need. This is not uncommon for free … <\/p>\n