That brand-new Windows computer you got for the holidays should be pristine. After all, you haven't gummed it up yet with software, right? Leave that to the computer manufacturers who load your new PC ...

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Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...