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How does the Updater Component resolve the nightmare of Ads, cookies, tracking, spying, and collateral personal data leaks forever

Updated : Feb 23 2026.

The Problem

When you consume virtually every “free” software product or service, you encounter the fact that the actual product or service is YOU. That comes because software development does cost time and energy for the programmers and they have to compensate their lost resources by one way or another.

Example of a site with Ads - download.cnet.com. Note, the Ad covers 100% of browser's window, totally blocking site's content.

Global corporations like Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, etc., sell your personal data embedded into various cookies to the thousands of 3rd parties by showing you their millions of unwanted dangerous Ads. That corporations have deployed huge world-wide Ads networks, so most individual web sites or apps embed the terrifying amount of Ads making their “free” versions of products or services literally unusable.

Example of a site with Ads - www.digitaltrends.com. Note, the 3 Ads cover 60% of browser's window. Ironically, the article itself is dedicated to the free version of Microsoft Office that gives a nightmare of Ads and anxiety to the author!

Culmination of such an approach is a recent Microsoft decision to convert their paid (!) Windows 11 product into the Agentic Operation System driven by deeply embedded Artificial Intelligence. This decision is unfolding into totally devastating personal data breach, igniting Windows 11 users to rollback to Windows 10 or even migrate to Linux en masse.

Example of a a paid Windows 11 as AI-powered agentic OS burning into global scandal. Of course, a site speaking about the problem is fully damaged by it.

I leave here just a few key links for further reading:

The Solution

Opposite to total sale of your personal data to 3rd parties is the old-school SETI@home approach. The principle is based on performing some computational tasks in the background on your computer IN THE STRICTLY ISOLATED ENVIROMNENT WITH THE LOWEST PRIORITY POSSIBLE, while you have decided to use particular software product or service that comes to you as “free” in terms of the apparent money you spend for the product or service.

The key advantage of such an approach is the guarantee, that YOU OBTAIN THE FULL-FEATURED PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT DOES NEVER TOUCH YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND NEVER SHOW YOU ADS AT ALL FOREVER.

The Windows installer of each application comes with the Updater Component (aka ScientificUpdater) that implements the SETI@home principle.

Mark this app as clean in your Windows Defender, Windows Smart Screen, other antivirus software.

The background computations have strict limits on CPU usage (some 25% of total cores time) and Internet bandwidth (some 100Kb download/upload traffic per day). This is APPARENTLY written in 3 PLACES:

The short disclaimer on each page of the official site’s main/left panel.
This specific page of the site dedicated entirely to the Updated Component.
The License agreement shipped with the Windows installer.

Of course, the Updater Component:

Does NOT destroy user files;
Does NOT even read them;
Does NOT require Admin privileges;
Does NOT transfer any user-related data over Internet.

THE UPDATER COMPONENT IS RUNNING FULLY ISOLATED IN ITS SPECIFIC FOLDER.

The MSI Windows installer with the Updater Component performs the whole installation procedure on Windows OS through standard, recommended way by all the Windows docs, and, of course:

IT CAN BE CLEANLY AND FULLY UNINSTALLED VIA STANDARD WINDOWS GUI INTERFACE (for example Start -> Run -> appwiz.cpl).

How To Uninstall the App with the Updater Component and Use the Bare Version without Component

It is super-simple, but note that the bare version comes without the Desktop icon and the entry in the Installed Programs menu. Also if the app has a settings file, you have to manage it manually. Finally, by uninstalling the App with the Updater Component, you lose the official 24/7 support by email. Nevertheless, all the apps are open source, so you can always compile them yourself and fix all possible bugs in the debugger.

Step by step guide:

Click the famous Windows “Start” button, select “Run”, and type “appwiz.cpl”.
Find your app with the Updater Component by its name (see the table below), click on the line, then click “Uninstall”, and confirm “Yes”.
Download the corresponding bare version (from the table below), place it into arbitrary folder, and just run it like any Windows executable.

Name of the Installed App with the Updater Component	Version	Bare Version without Component	Zip Archive with Source Code	Windows Installer to Return back to the Updater Component
The Fastest Mouse Clicker for Windows version 3	3.0.1.0	TheFastestMouseClicker_v3_v3.0.1.0.exe	TheFastestMouseClicker_v3_v3.0.1.0_source_code.zip	Installer_TheFastestMouseClickerv3_v3.0.1.0.msi
The Fastest Mouse Clicker for Windows classic	2.1.7.0	TheFastestMouseClicker_classic_v2.1.7.0.exe	TheFastestMouseClicker_classic_v2.1.7.0_source_code.zip	Installer_TheFastestMouseClickerClassic64_v2.1.7.0.msi

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