[dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?

Thanks, John.  She is using Avast as her antivirus program (I've 
preached Vipre, now, for years, and everybody else in the family is 
using it, but she insists on Avast).  We were finally able to download 
and install Avast, run some scans and get rid of most of the crapware.  
Then, I downloaded and ran Malwarebytes and got rid of some more. 
Overnight, I ran the Avast deep scan and got rid of some more. Then, I 
ran the Avast boot scan and found three more - two were in the browser 
folders, IE and FF.  So, I think we finally got it all cleaned up.

Now, philosophical question - why?  The adware is so annoying, so 
distressing, so intrusive - why would anybody be willing to bundle it in 
a legitimate product?  That just seems the perfect way to turn people 
against the legitimate product.  To me, this is crazy.  Why do they do 
this?  It actually makes the computer un-usable.

TNF

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

On 12/9/2014 4:58 PM, John R Bartow wrote:
> 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-----
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> [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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