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Mon, Aug 30, 2010

[Icon][Icon]A message I sent Yahoo re. their toolbar

• Post categories: Omni, Rant, Technology, My Life

I am SERIOUSLY ****** off that this piece of **** made it onto my computer - I have *never* installed the toolbar, and when installing the IM client always take particular care to avoid doing so. Finding it on my computer after a reboot when I know for a fact that I never installed it, nor upgraded anything Yahoo-related, and that it has tampered with the settings for every browser I have installed, without ANY of the usual "Hey, is it okay if I hijack your computer and **** up all your defaults to redirect you to sites you have no interest in?" messages, I regard as making your software no different from any other piece of malware that infects the unwary.

Stop pushing this **** onto people's computers. If I want your ******* toolbar; if I want your useless ******* homepage as my homepage; if I want anything other than your IM software which I'm forced to use occasionally because you keep breaking compatibility with other chat clients; if I want anything from you other than the one piece of software I actually download and install; rest assured, I'll ******* well do it myself.

Leave my computer the **** alone. Got it??

No, my message to them didn't have any asterisks.

I've ranted on here before about these people pushing unwanted packages and tampering with settings as part of every install process. The fact that they appear to have upgraded the version of the one piece of software I did actually install, screwed with ITS defaults, AND installed other crap as well, AND changed my browser settings, ALL without any messages or warnings, has really not left me happy.

Could you tell..?

6 comments

sinn3r
Comment from: sinn3r [Member] Email · http://sinn3r.org/
I hear you, brother!
30/08/10 @ 14:56
Dion Moult
Comment from: Dion Moult [Visitor] · http://thinkmoult.com/
Yeap, exactly how customers should react.
31/08/10 @ 15:17
pdh
Comment from: pdh [Visitor] · http://www.simply-click.org
you missed the checkbox :p
31/08/10 @ 16:28
oneandoneis2
Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/
Checkbox? I didn't *install* anything :P
31/08/10 @ 19:15
aby
Comment from: aby [Visitor] · http://linuxedstuff.com
I am moved. I feel for you. hehe.
06/09/10 @ 07:47
oneandoneis2
Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/
You're very kind :o)
07/09/10 @ 21:32

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