Windows 10 launched and with it came various complaints from users about privacy issues. One of which is the sending of anonymous data back to the Borg Microsoft. One popular app with users designed to combat that particular issue is Destroy Windows 10 Spying (with over 84k in downloads here on MajorGeeks so far).



This is a portable app that will block anonymous data being sent, as well as removing stubborn apps that refuse to be removed the standard way.

Tim played around with this particular app (during our extensive testing of new submissions) and says, I liked that it can remove some of the Windows default programs that can be removed under Apps & Features, an annoyance I immediately discovered since I prefer to “slim” down windows. He also notes that you can block these yourself manually in your hosts file with 127.0.0.1 if you want. The program allows you to clear or view the hosts file in Notepad.

The program does the same thing but just in case you wanted to see where your information heads to or you wanted to update your hosts file manually. A log file will be left in the folder you run it from.

I took a huge chance and ran this on my clean Windows 10 installation. It did modify the hosts file exactly as promised and did remove the Apps it promised. IObit Uninstaller also spotted Destroy Windows 10 Spying running and removed leftover entries from the uninstall.

Download @ http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_spying.html