Over on this thread we had an exciting discussion about a (supposed) Trojan Alert https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_scanner-protect_scanning-windows_10/trojandownloaderjsjesdowburl/7f1240f2-9db4-488b-a37d-583c7ef94df9
that a couple of long time Community Members and Contributors determined to be a "False Positive" caused by Cyberlink "Bloatware."
Certain it is that once I had completely removed Cyberlink from my System (I had already uninstalled the program, you understand, but NOW I had to dig for what got left behind in the System Registry) I had no more alerts for that aforesaid Trojan.
But that got me to asking "What do we mean by 'Bloatware', anyway?"
Because Cyberlink is perfectly GOOD software if you enjoy the convenience of being able to shove a DVD into your computer and watch a movie.
Something the Windows Media Player no longer supports. Not for free, anyway.
Now, in one sense anything can be "bloatware" if you don't happen to want it. And most Computer Manufacturers include a ton of software programs that you are unlikely ever to use.
(So does Microsoft Windows 10 Home, for that matter...only they call them "Apps" and sometimes they can be a real pain to get rid of. You have to go into PowerShell ((ADMIN)) and all that).
On the other hand, there are people who enjoy Groove Music ��
So where does that leave us? "One Human's Bloatware is Another Human's Treasure"?
Apparently. But I am going to suggest that Cyberlink's DVD Suite is still "bloatware" because it takes up entirely too much storage for its function.
The free VLC Media Player will play your DVDs. So will the free iTunes player. (And, like Cyberlink the iTunes Media player will burn DVDs too).
RealPlayer will play (though not burn for free) DVDs as well. And there are many other such solutions to the scaling back of the functionality of the Windows Media Player. And if you installed all THREE of the aforementioned Media Players they would still take up less space on your hard drive than Cyberlink's Sour Suite.