[dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?

I will definitely get this one.  Vielen Dank, Helmut!
TNF

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

On 12/10/2014 4:04 AM, Helmut Kotsch wrote:
> Or install unchecky.
>
> http://unchecky.com/
>
> Helmut
>
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Im Auftrag von John R Bartow
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2014 05:52
> An: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?
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> Which brings up a good point - download from the original developer (if
> possible).
>
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> peter.brawley at earthlink.net
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 7:56 PM
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Bundled Adware in IE?
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> most sites offering ff downloads bundle it with crapware.
>
> pb
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
> Reply-To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Date: 12/09/14 4:40 PM
> To: "DatabaseAdvisors-Tech" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Cc:
> Sub: [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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