OT: Visicom Anti-phishing

Personally I despise software that just 'magically' appears followed closely by publishers using 'tricks' to fool users into installing those damn toolbars and other 'features'. Strangely enough, CNET, who claim to despise them as well, is one of the worst offenders; sometimes 'requiring' you use their 'installer' that has some of the most devious 'tricks' I've seen yet for whatever they've decided to 'add' to what you actually wanted.

How you got it I don't know. I checked my Firefox and it doesn't appear to 'come with it', devious or not, nor with Chrome or I.E. Do you have Firefox as part of some 'bundle'?

At any rate, it appears to be legit in that it allegedly does something but if you want extra phishing protection I'd rather CHOSE than have it 'done for me'.

Yes, it's ok to uninstall in that it should not break anything. Whether you have something else doing the same job is another matter.

Jesus! You are completely helpless without this group. You should be embarrassed!

I don't install or down load anything from CNET any more. The last down load had a Shop to you drop tool bar wedge with in the install of what I wanted. It then when out and down loaded and installed a scam application. So basically it was going to eventually fill my machine up with promotional apps, scam ware etc...

I managed to remove it even though the install procedure they supplied does not actually uninstall the apps they put in however, the apps they put in also had attached to them a checker to see if you had the CNET shopping bar there and attempted to put it back in when ever you ran those apps..

As far as I am concern, CNET should be the next one to get run over like samsung did.

Jamie

I figured such. Probably snuck by me in spite of my refusing their "benevolence" ;-) ...Jim Thompson

Another CNET fan I see. hehe. I stopped using CNET long ago although that's so far back I don't remember why. But, here recently, there was something, forgot what, I just couldn't get elsewhere. Must have been something 'cool' too because CNET decided there would be no 'direct download' link.

It's possible you might have been able to deselect that stuff, which is what I meant about 'devious'. I don't recall the wording but do remember aborting their blooming 'installer' at least twice before discovering where the magic 'decline' was hiding. But there *was* 'a way' to say no, if you could find it.

I also removed the damn installer after getting what I wanted.

I sometimes think we need to bring back stocks in the public square and a bag of free rotten vegetables for the audience to throw.

I absolutely agree. The old fashioned way... shaming the perp worked quite well.

I also have a daguerreotype of my great grandfather hanging one of the relatives for horse thievery, back when it was the family who carried out the sentence.

I laugh about it... my family cringes every time I bring it up ;-) ...Jim Thompson

Once again you've mouthed off, without offering help. You should be embarrassed!

Very strange. I get the same spam and junkware when download using CNET or download.com. However, I also have CNET Tech Tracker installed, which identifies and downloads utilities updates, whether they came from CNET or elsewhere. Last weekend, I downloaded a mess of updates to all my myriad of utilities. No spam and no junkware anywhere in the downloads. It's probably just a matter of time before they discover their omission, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Favorite alternative site is

I never see a post by John S. Please refrain from posting copies. ...Jim Thompson

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Samsung got "run over"? You're an idiot.

And the "goes down" CNET may or may not deserve is a completely different animal than the Samsung/Apple case.

You are a true idiot to have even attempted to act like their would be some connection. There isn't a post you make that doesn't show you for the stupid, modern day putz you are.

You are just as bad as Terrell is with your post reading and ignoring instructions.

It was loser behavior even back when group post clutter meant something. Nothing has changed.

You have more important things to do than being a Usenet Newgroup Netkkkop wanna be putz.

You were doing far better with your assessment posts of John Larkin's abuse of the group. John S is just another bandwagon retard. Nothing to waste any of one's time over, much less trying to waste others' time getting them to filter the putz, when simply ignoring him works.

Yeah, well your social skills are far, far worse. About that of a rabid Chihuahua, dick-snot.

There is a fabulous chunk of wetware that is a perfect anti-phishing device already installed in your head. No extra cost,no spam.

I start electronic threads about real, potentially interesting (to some people) circuits. You don't. Jim doesn't.

No. You "stir shit" every chance you get, and don't even pretend to act like you are unfamiliar with the colloquialism.

You are at least the expert on that subject.

Jim's not a f*ck-head. ...Jim Thompson