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

Updated : Apr 01 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).

Below there is the table that summarizes the advantages of the SETI@home approach (consume a small fraction of your computer resources but stay isolated from all your personal data) vs traditional Cookie approach (don’t consume computer resources but collect, send, and sell as much your personal data as your software vendor decides).

Threat factor	SETI@home approach	traditional Cookie approach
Does it collect, send, and sell your personal data to 3rd-parties?	No	Yes
Who decides what personal data is being collected?	Not applicable - data is not collected at all	Software vendor, www-site owner, various jurisdictions you don’t even belong to
Does it consume a fraction of your computer resources?	Yes, but a small fraction with the lowest priority	No
Can you effectively cancel your license agreement and wipe out all the personal data already sent?	Not applicable - data is not sent at all	No
Can you cancel your license agreement in any moment, and rollback your computer to the initial state before consent?	Yes	No: personal data has been already sent and broadcasted to thousands 3rd-parties
Can you compile a software product yourself from sources to avoid advertising/monetization and run your personal version?	Yes	No

VirusTotal Verdict

Foreign/Alien Project: Speed AutoClicker	Foreign/Alien Project: Terminator
3/72 malware score	5/71 malware score

The Fastest Mouse Clicker for Windows
0/61 malware score

Note, only The Fastest Mouse Clicker for Windows does follow the 100% Windows standard guidelines on software installation, utilizing MSI Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX).

How To Uninstall the App with the Updater Component

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”.

Name of the Installed App with the Updater Component	Version	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_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_source_code.zip	Installer_TheFastestMouseClickerClassic64_v2.1.7.0.msi

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