Trends Center

PC Product Trends

Learn about the most common PC manufacturers, models, operating systems based on computers we see every day across North America at support.com. Are you the only person still running Windows 95? Does support.com see more HP than Toshiba computers? See PC trends by operating system, amount of memory, PC vendor / model and more.

Anti-Virus Product Trends

Keeping your computer protected against viruses and spyware is critical as modern hackers up the ante in digital theft. Learn about the most popular anti-virus software our customers turn to, what versions are currently being used and what percentage are up-to-date.

Use support.com's Trends Center to select the right solution for you against worms like Conficker, scareware like Antivirus 360 / Antivirus 2009 and other virus, spyware or phishing attempts.

Shovelware, Trialware & Crapware

Hundreds of thousands of programs have been identified as shovelware, trialware, crapware, spyware and bloatware. With these new menaces come new tools to combat them. Here we identify what programs are being commonly uninstalled, disabled or shutdown as part of the PC clean-up process.

Firewall Product Trend

Another must-have safeguard for computer's health and well-being is a firewall. Firewall solutions help keep hacker bad guys away from your sensitive data. Learn which firewall products most popular with our customers and which solutions are enabled.

Software Program Trends

Our customers use thousands of different pieces of software to get things done. Which applications are most popular with our customers? Where do common applications live in your file system? What command line arguments are most commonly used? From the most common programs to how the programs get started, check out our software trends.

Windows Startup Task Trends

Ever wonder why it takes your computer so long to start up? Learn about the processes that automatically start on our customer's computers. Which startup tasks are most popular? Where do they start from and what is the command used to start the task? With Trends Center you can even slice and dice startup tasks by PC vendor.