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Curiously, the HP Smart app is seemingly being installed on devices without any connection to HP.
Several users shared that the HP Smart app had been installed automatically on Dell and Lenovo PCs.
Those computers had the HP Smart app installed despite not having an HP printer or other HP machine connected.
“I don’t even have a printer.
I tried 2 times clean install and it keeps coming up.
Is this malware or something?”
They were eventually able to rid their PC of the HP Smart app after performing three clean installs.
A separatepost in the WindowsHelp subredditoutlines a similar problem affecting Windows 10 PCs.
But being genuine doesn’t mean people want the app to randomly appear on their PC.
Windows 11 without bloat
Microsoft has been criticized for shipping bloat in Windows for years.
Bloat is a bit difficult to define, however.
For example, is Microsoft Edge bloat?
It’s hard to believe that Microsoft should ship a PC without a online window of some kind.
But after installing another surfing app, some would consider Edge bloat and want to install it.
Microsoft has increased how many system apps can be uninstalled over the past few years.
Hopefully, Microsoft will determine why the app is installing automatically and fix the issue.
