anyone who doesn’t do a clean/fresh install of the OS on ANY OEM computer they buy is just asking for trouble anyway. That’s the first thing I do when I get a new PC
I have a Dell desktop computer,
bought March of this year.
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in task manager,
indicates ..Dell Foundation Services, Stopped
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any suggestions?
Just go to add/remove and uninstall the entire Dell Foundation Services bloatware package. It’s nearly useless anyway: all it does is provide Dell your service tag if you call them for service, something you can see on the service tag label on your PC and read out over phone. It’s ridiculous to have a whole service running in the background at all times, consuming RAM and CPU.
Just say no to all bloatware. Say no to DFS and uninstall it.
This is all you need to know. If you have a Dell system that you took out of the box and started using, you're vulnerable. If you're a corporate customer not using their CTO or OEM channel stuff, you're in the clear.
I was forced to script something to check all of our machines for this nonsense, and out of 1200 physical systems, not a single one had this root certificate.
I'm not defending Dell, this is ridiculous on their part, but for corporate customers, this is much ado about nothing.