We purchased a machine from China and it came with malware preinstalled

Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by wlesieutre on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:33AM (#30072161)

When buying a Windows machine, you can purchase "Signature Edition" versions through Microsoft which will come with only the crapware selected by Microsoft, and not by the manufacturer

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gd/store/b/signaturepcs

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by truffdog on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:00PM (#30077187)

https://www.howtogeek.com/402888/looking-for-a-microsoft-sig... looks like they dropped the program

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by gigaflop on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:41PM (#30076014)

It looks like that isn't available for those in the US, since the redirect takes me to a 'not available' page. Are the 'Signature Edition' versions at all available in the US?

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by wlesieutre on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:49PM (#30076159)

Hmm good question, I just took what came up in Google which is apparently the "English (Grenada)" site. Maybe they've dropped this in the US.

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Re:We purchased a machine from China and it came with malwar... by gigaflop on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:54AM (#30086997)

It looks like they no longer offer it: https://www.howtogeek.com/402888/looking-for-a-microsoft-sig...

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