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Format Factory TOTAL-BULL installation of Ask.com (warning: cursing inside)
skwire:
And yet another reason to use Universal Extractor for situations like this. http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
mouser:
i always install new software in a virtual machine first, to see if i like it.
edbro:
And yet another reason to use Universal Extractor for situations like this. http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
-skwire (November 04, 2010, 09:51 AM)
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What does that do for you? Is the Ask Toolbar something you can delete after extracting and still be able to install the main program?
f0dder:
I had a similar experience with Ask.com toolbar, iirc it was from MyPhoneExplorer... unclicked the opt-in box, which had the same effect as clicking the "next" button *without* unchecking the opt-in... deadly annoying >_<
sajman99:
...And maybe it's a bug. fine. maybe something weird just happened this one time. but I find it funny that the part something would screw up on is the part where I'm trying to get rid of the advertisement. A little too coincidental for me...-superboyac (November 03, 2010, 09:28 PM)
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I agree with you. This crap has been going on for too long to be an innocent mistake on their part. I tested a Format Factory version a good while back and it installed some Chinese toolbar (Baidu toolbar iirc).
Oh well, there's no shortage of video converters. And the old versions work well enough. I guess there's not much incentive to upgrade.
btw Sandboxie can also be useful for testing (most) software.
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