[dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?

Yes, all browsers have adware add-ins/extensions. All it takes is one and
then you have many. I haven't run into too many IE related ones lately but
Chrome has been hammered with them.

Used to be that almost all consumer pcs/laptops were preloaded with
'features' that most us called 'crapware'. I do setup some consumer models
occasionally and , especially if they're purchased from BB or some other big
box store, they have crapware on them. First thing I remove is the crap free
security software, then the crapware. Use Malwarebytes to clean up the trash
:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
Fields
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:40 PM
To: DatabaseAdvisors-Tech
Subject: [dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?

Hi,

My sister just purchased a new Dell Latitude, with Win 8.1. Suddenly,
pop-ups appeared all over IE, Firefox seemed to disappear and become Speed
Browser, a bunch of icons appeared on her desktop that were unwelcome.  I
got into IE and found add-ons that were aggressive adware
- at least a dozen of them - and their "disable" option was unavailable.  I
did finally get rid of them, but I was astonished to see them in the first
place.  Has anybody else had this experience with a brand new machine?

She had used IE to download Firefox, and was about to download her favorite
antivirus program, when pop-ups began proliferating all over the screen.
Some had nice little Xs in the top right corner, that looked like commands
to close, but, when she clicked the X instead of stopping, it behaved as
though she had said "Yes, go ahead."  This so frustrated her that she just
shut down the computer.

So, today, I spent several hours cleaning it up.

Thanks,
TNF

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Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

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