Comcast installation was/is similar -- done in my case during the course of the Comcast technician's visit. I got rid of their crap when I reimaged the machine. Didn't affect service in any perceptible manner. (It did get rid of their branding from the IE window title, though -- another useless annoyance.)
If I have to go through similar, again, I'm going to do it in a disposable virtual machine image (reverting back to the last snapshot).
Yeah, I'm more bothered by the services their default process installs. They can monitor their modem, if they must. They can keep their nose out of my system. Though branding the IE windows title is just downright annoying, particularly for non-technical users. In addition to taking up space and being distracting, every screenshot they make carries it, like it or not.
People are reminded of you every month when they pay their bill, Comcast. Don't push it. /rhetoric
Comcast installation was/is similar -- done in my case during the course of the Comcast technician's visit. I got rid of their crap when I reimaged the machine. Didn't affect service in any perceptible manner. (It did get rid of their branding from the IE window title, though -- another useless annoyance.)
If I have to go through similar, again, I'm going to do it in a disposable virtual machine image (reverting back to the last snapshot).