But a group of international technology companies banded together earlier this year to push back against Chinese government plans to require PC manufacturers include Internet filtering software called Green Dam-Youth Escort with all new PCs shipped in China.
For the value-consumer requiring only single-PC backup and recovery, Rebit now offers SaveMe Express backup software, which does not include SmartSave.
Both those longstanding channels are losing their pop, however, as PC sales get cannibalized by the rise of sophisticated smartphones. which rarely include security software.