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3.0 stars
"Comes out of the box with a Trojan virus"
Pros: Its a good unit, but Acer has poor support, and their web site is not updated. Often impossible to find drivers, software updates, firmware for anything.
Vista has been improved from a year ago, faster, numeric keyboard on a small notebook is unique.Cons: This unit comes with bloatware, such as Acer Gamezone (Oberon Media) that has a Trojan Horse - Trojan.Zlob.
Summary: Hardware itself seems ok. Buyer should be capable of configuring Vista to be user friendly, and scanning and cleaning immediately out of the box, as this unit comes pre-infected with Trojan.Zlob.
Acer needs better QA and testing before shipping.
Contacting Acer support is often frustrating at best, unresponsive at worst.
I purchased 3 units and all 3 had the same problem. Antivirus and Malware detected Trojans from the Backspin Billards bloatware pre-loaded on this machine.
If you are unable to clean and detect the infections yourself, professional cleanup costs may exceed price and value of this unit.
Uninstall the McAfee Security disappointment that is pre-loaded.
- 4 replies to this review
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well somthings wrong with yours i have like 5 virus checkers things and there are no trojans or whatever on my computer.....
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i just picked up my acer....can someone tell me what to do after unpacking it....i havent turned it on...just plugged it in.....how do i get rid of the trojan virus....i am a newbie...please help...thanks
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have now bought and removed the offending program, which was done by using the add/remove programes function in the control panel.
ps. if you pay the cost of the machine to have the system cleaned, please come to me and ill glad part a fool from threir money -
Can acer gamezone be removed via the add and remove program tool? Does an anti-virus program such as AVG detect and isolate such trojans?
