John R Bartow
jbartow at winhaven.net
Mon Oct 20 10:31:32 CDT 2014
Shamil, I see it a lot. It comes prepackaged with many apps from a wide array of vendors. Two that I use that have included it In the past are Piriform's Ccleaner and Auslogic's Disk Defragmenter - both had it as an option during install. If the silent install option is used Ask Toolbar would get installed by default. I had used a script with silent install for both. Ccleaner now has updating built in and offer a 'slim' download which doesn't include any optional software. I turned the silent off for Auslogic's DD in order to avoid having to uninstall Ask Toolbar. John B -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 5:27 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] "Search App by Ask" Add-On - how to remove it from IE 11? Hi Gustav -- Yes, it's "annoyware", and I can't remember I have installed it any time intentionally - I have probably got it while installing some trial software. Thank you. -- Shamil Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:06:02 +0000 from Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk>: >Hi Shamil > >No, AskSam is not truly malware, just "annoyware". > >/gustav > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil >Sendt: 20. oktober 2014 11:59 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] "Search App by Ask" Add-On - how to remove it from IE 11? > > Hi Gustav -- > >:) > >Yes, you're right. Thank you. >I somehow missed to go this simplest route first of all - I was confused by the way this add-in was installed and I thought its authors use some tricky ways to "deadly hook" to IE11. > >-- Shamil > > >Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:18:00 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>I think you need to go to Control Panel, Programs and there run the uninstall. >> >>/gustav >> >>-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil >>Sendt: 20. oktober 2014 11:13 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: [dba-Tech] "Search App by Ask" Add-On - how to remove it from IE 11? >> >> Hi All -- >> >>I have somehow got the subject add-on. >> >>I have got it disabled but totally removing it from IE 11 seems to be a tricky procedure, which isn't available from IE11's "Tools -> Manage Add-Ons" entry. >> >>I have started IE 11 via command line: >> >>iexplore.exe -extoff >> >>and I have gone directly to "Manage Add-On". Still no way to remove the subject add-on. >> >>Could you please advise how to remove it? >> >>Thank you. >> >>-- >>Салахетдинов Шамиль > >_______________________________________________ >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