I've found that the shovelware uninstalls pretty easily in a new PC, at least McAfee, Norton, and Avast. No need to reinstall the OS, just run the AV product's

I've found that the shovelware uninstalls pretty easily in a new PC, at least McAfee, Norton, and Avast. No need to reinstall the OS, just run the AV product's uninstaller and it appears to be gone. I haven't done careful forensics to see what little bits it has left behind but whatever they are don't seem harmful. Still hate the shovelware. If it were a good product I would choose to install it.