Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu May 15 15:46:46 CDT 2014
I have sort of settled on Firefox. Not because of any prejudice but because FF has been my least problematic browser. IE has a very bad reputation and Chrome, as of late, has been having some issues...case in point. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, 15 May, 2014 7:28:15 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Brutal Crapware Definitely! But I've had some Chrome injections that even that didn't cure, nor resetting to defaults, etc. When Chrome is invaded it goes down hard. Ended up uninstalling and reinstalling. And if you have your chrome synched across the net then you have to troubleshoot all of the synced machines. Arg! Firefox is much easier to troubleshoot. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:17 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Brutal Crapware All you need to know is: MalwareBytes. Download it, install it and update it, then scan your computer with it. It's available free from www.malwarebytes.org Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:22 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Brutal Crapware Somewhere, somehow, I picked up some crapware that is without doubt the rudest I have ever encountered. When I'm running Chrome, every few minutes, a very loud commercial appears in a window in the lower right corner of the Chrome window -- no matter which tab I'm on. Yes, I can close these annoying little bastards, but they are sooo distracting (which, from their point of view, means they are a success). These ads do not appear in FireFox. I don't know about IE since I seldom if ever use it. I suppose that I could un-install Chrome and then re-install it, to see if that cures the problem, but before doing so, I thought I'd ask whether anyone knows what this intrusive software is, so I can put it out of my misery once and for all. -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com