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Just what is Intelligent Explorer? For your safety, you really need to know
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| Monday, January 5, 2009 |
I recently hit, by mistake, what I thought was an upgrade option Explorer. It turned out to be a pop-up appears legitimate, but not really. He downloaded a product called Intelligent Explorer on my machine. What a nightmare!
I did some research on the Web and found messages like this one from a BullGuard Antivirus Forum
"PLEASE HELP! I have a spyware, trojans and hijacker on my computer. I HAVE RUN BullGuard, CWShredder AND AD-AWARE. ALL resumed virus and said they had been moved / deleted, but when I log ON THE INTERNET THAT DAMN INTELLIGENT EXPLORER TOOLBAR shows "
Another message SpywareInfo Forum goes something like this:
"Hey, I'm having problems with something called the Internet Explorer toolbar - Intelligent explorer. I can not find a way to remove it from my computer and I do not want to reinstall windows. I used spybot, ad-ware, and cw shredder but nothing seems to work. "
It seems that Intelligent Explorer allows other software to be downloaded to your machine, and that is where the problem occurs. What is even more remarkable is that by downloading Intelligent Explorer, their license grants them the right to install the software add-ins on your computer at will. Take a look at what the software license for Intelligent Explore says (go to http://www.ieplugin.com/terms.html to read it all):
"You give us the right exercised by us until you uninstall the software or this agreement is terminated also provide you with the download service and the advertising displayed on your computer, through ' pop-up or other display when you use your browser. You acknowledge and agree that installing the software in May to automatically change the toolbars and other settings in your browser. By installing the Software, you agree to such changes. "
The company, set up the IBC, is incorporated in Belize. I can not believe this license!
A user is very offensive pop-up ads generated by the software provided with Intelligent Explorer in the form of extreme pornography.
I have yet to break this.
Intelligent Explorer is a plug-in, which can create a new home page, as well as the start-up and endless loop of pop-ups. You can remove the bar, but then you start Internet Explorer will reappear. I asked some friends to help, and nobody could tell me what to do.
That's what I did:
I bought a copy of a program called XoftSpy and removed the software. It took two scans and a reboot to do so. This is not an advertisement for this product. They announced that it was free, which was to run, but I had to buy it really fix anything. It cost me $ 40 and I am sure there are freeware products, too, but that is the nightmare has ended for me. Other spyware products I saw there include spybot, NoAdware, Spyware Eliminator, PAL Spyware Remover, and Spyware COP
I Buyer beware! |
posted by neptunus @ 1:59 AM
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