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| 877308 | 2010-04-17 10:55:00 | I got sick of AV lagging up my pc and no longer use windows as my main OS. :thumbs: |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 877309 | 2010-04-18 01:32:00 | I use Foxit now, it's far less bloated too... Although you do have to stop it from installing Ask toolbar... I use Foxit as well, but I don't think that will be much use when the Adobe Shockwave Player is required! (which is what the OP was referring to) :) :) |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 877310 | 2010-04-18 01:47:00 | Ccleaner also tries to install the askbar if using the full version I always download the slim version without the askbar installer That is even worse than the yahoo toolbar they used to bundle. They don't make the "slim" version with no extras easy to find. It is no wonder people get tricked into giving their credit card to the fake anti-virus apps when Norton does the same thing as far as the average user is concerned. Everybody has heard of Norton & weather they think it is good or bad, they know it is legit & it "suddenly appears on their computer when they pick up a virus", but doesn't do anything until it has your credit card details. By the logic of the average computer user, there is nothing suspicious about that behaviour because Norton does it. :badpc: |
Greven (91) | ||
| 877311 | 2010-04-18 02:26:00 | REVOLT! If enough revolting customers get together on this they could force application makers to exclude by default anything other than the purchased/chosen product and require positive 'tick the box' for anything else. Now where could we find enough revolting customers..... So stop using the software that does this. That is how you make it go away. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 877312 | 2010-04-19 12:04:00 | that's been packaged with adobe since at least the start of 2009 it's a wonder you weren't aware of it before now :) How hard is it to read my post properly? Where did I say I was caught by it?? By the same token, I would guess that most of us have missed one of these at some time or other. Unless we are perfect, that is. |
linw (53) | ||
| 877313 | 2010-04-19 12:12:00 | Greven, your last sentence sums up my real point exactly. fred, avoiding software that we have used for ages to render web sites is a bit hard. Anyway, guess we have to get used to it if we need the software or avoid it if we can. Still doesn't help all the novices avoid the downloads, though, and doesn't help all the people who support the novices. |
linw (53) | ||
| 877314 | 2010-04-19 19:46:00 | I got caught out at the weekend trying out burn4free to convert a flac file to audio CD it installed askbar because I wasn't' paying attention. Still easy to uninstall using Ccleaner but I shouldn't have to do that | gary67 (56) | ||
| 877315 | 2010-04-19 23:15:00 | How hard is it to read my post properly? Where did I say I was caught by it?? . How hard is it to read my post properly? Where did I say I you were caught by it?? I said it was a wonder you were not AWARE of it before |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 877316 | 2010-04-19 23:44:00 | Seriously, the "optional" downloads have big bold writing and giant colourful pictures that you have to scroll past to find the Download button, and they clearly state that they are optional extras that you can opt out of. I don't like that they are selected by default, but - really - they're not doing a stealth install or anything. |
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