Why Is 'Logitech Download Assistant' in Windows (7) Update? And Uneeded Products Offered During Download Process...

Well, You know 'CCleaner' is really great for disabling unwanted start-up items, and it will delete 'logitech download mgr from your start programs. But not from your computer... Anyway out of sight out of mind.

When I click on it in the task manager the highlighted (should be) doesn't change color and won't allow me to disable it. Is there another way to get rid of this ****? And I agree with you totally 1. Microsoft support team is about as helpful as a wet depends. 2. By jamming our computers full of unwanted third party vendors it slows down the overall performance. What's the point of having quad core, this level of bus path, that level of RAM if it has to chew through tons of unwanted, unasked for and unnecessary programs? I have never been satisfied with any of Logitechs products so I don't buy or use them.

One big reason for MS including Logitech download manager is that Logitech makes some of their hardware, which makes updating a possible 'miss' (which is less and less probable as time goes on but whatever).  Another is that someone nice out there does make a habit of making supposed updates for Logitech devices in particular (usually true of other ones too, but especially for Logitech--and Alienware, lol) and this helps the helpless avoid a trap.  The helpless being someone like my wife who got a gift from her cousin (count the maybes there and then throw them away [was it her cousin?]) and went to get it or something and now her computer is locked.  I'm debating whether to go the Malwarebytes route or not, since whatever it is has her proxy server disabled.  That's the major reason why.  It doesn't work, but I'm sure that's their line of thinking.  I've read a lot of their literature.  Don't get me wrong, MS, I still worship you.  From afar.

LOL!!!