Six months with Windows 8

Regardless of how you feel about Windows 8's Start Screen, one of the most
interesting developments has been the creation of an entire new class of "Start Menu" utility programs, all designed to provide a "Start Menu"-like experience under Windows 8. Some of these programs are free, some are commercial, and they work with varying degrees of success and authenticity.

After a fashion, the emergence of this new class of software is very reminiscent to me of the utility programs designed to purge new computers of preloaded applications and trial versions of software, which are commonly referred to in disparagingly terms by computer owners with unflattering names such as "crapware," "garbageware," "shovelware," and so forth. It seems that when a computer experience is not optimal for the user, a market is created for entrepreneurs to provide solutions to correct the shortcoming, perceived or
otherwise.

Interestingly enough, one of the several questions ESET is consistently asked
about Windows 8, besides questions about compatibility, is whether we
would detect such programs as being malicious, or at least Potentially Unsafe
Applications.