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Sept. 20, 2023, 8:24 p.m. | /u/picamera

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I just got a PC built for me by a friend of a friend. Haven't used it yet. I'm worried now I don't know this guy that well, and he has a CS degree. How can I make reasonably sure there isn't any spyware on it, hopefully short of re-installing Windows?

cs degree don isn privacy spyware

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