OP: http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/12/pc-tasks-optimizer/
Detected pop-ups and/or additional service/ download are... during the time of using that site:
- Slimware Utilities' DriverUpdate (@ DriverUpdate dot net)
(Digital snake oil, right?)
- Uniblue's PC Mechanic 2016
- Driver Support from driversupport com ; and this company claims that "We have been a Symantec Partner for several years."; I found nothing about that info at this http://partnerlocator.symantec.com/ by using the keyword driversupport/ Driver Support and Slimware - feel free to correct this info.
(From MS site@ https://partnercenter.microsoft.com/en-us/pcv/solution-providers/4297699398/89894_2)
- Misleading ad for the VideoStripe - the user will be required to register the service at the target website, "You are not registered yet! To watch this and other movies without limits, you have to activate your account!".
Closing words: For those want to "slim down" yr OS, please try learning how to protect your computer from PUPs FIRST!