Re list of installed stuff, a quick browse over the list you submitted
leads me to think that there are things installed that you don't need.
In the first place, I use but Microsoft Security Essentials only,
though I did install McAfee's links security advisor toolbar. No need
for Zone Alarm, IMO, at all.
To check your list of stuff see
<http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm>
Best wishes,
Armando
--- On *Thu, 5/31/12, brian /<brian99@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
From: brian <brian99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Portable Program Question
To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 11:01 PM
Howard, Chuck, & Armando,
Thanks for all the great tips.
/*
"just deleting all the files. If you use a registry cleaner"*/
Howard, I had stopped using a registry cleaner since I thought W7
runs it periodically.
But that is sure good to know I can delete and then scan the
registry !
/*"unwise.exe "*/
I had wondered for a long time what Unwise.exe was-- it sounded
nefarious!
But that sure got rid of Sotonic-Eng7!
I had used uninstall but never unwise.exe
/*"If it's listed in your installed programs then it's not portable"*/
Armando, I had been following that line of thinking but Softonic
wasn't listed in Add/Remove.
I think something I may had done back a while ago could have
eliminated some installed programs from the
Add/Remove list because they were also not listed in other
uninstaller apps I check.
*/"all sorts of rogue junk that gets added on when you install
lots of programs"/*
Chuck, I spent much of the AM checking for tool bars; I have a
couple that were unwanted and deleted them.
I must have been paying attention when installing programs and
unchecked nearly tool bar options that had that option before
installing the program.
I was surprised that I didn't have a problem.
It is nice to learn a few more tricks.
And although I may not know if a program is portable for sure, I
know how to delete it and compensate for left overs with a
registry scan.
_*NOTE*_: For anyone checking on their tool bars they have I have
included a listing below.
Thanks for the help again.
Brian
=================
The list is reproduced here from Calenderof updates forum, with a
few edits.
4 shared Desktop - Toolbar.
Ad-Aware - Google Chrome
Adobe Flash Player - Google Toolbar
Adobe Reader - eBay Desktop
Advanced SystemCare formerly known as Iobit advanced one care
- Yahoo Toolbar (selecting no will still do changes on the system)
Aero Fox addon for Firefox - Ask toolbar.
Any Video Converter – Google Chrome.
AnVir TaskManager - Dealio Toolbar, RegistryCleanerPro and
some other third party applications.
AOL Instant Messenger - AOL Toolbar
Apple’s Software Updater - Safari Browser, QuickTime, iTunes
Applian FLV Player - Yahoo Toolbar
Auslogics Disk Defrag - Ask Toolbar.
Auslogics Duplicate File Finder - Ask Toolbar.
Auslogics Registry Defrag - Ask Toolbar
Auslogics System Information - Ask Toolbar
Avast - Google Chrome but not pre-selected.
AVG LinkScanner, AVG Free, AVG 9 - Yahoo Toolbar
BitComet - Google Toolbar
BitTorrent 6.1.2/6.3 - Ask Toolbar
BurnAware Free - Ask Toolbar.
CCleaner (standard installer) - Yahoo Toolbar
CDBurnerXP - Ask toolbar, SpywareTerminator and Uniblue
Registry Booster.
ChrisTV Lite - ChrisTV Toolbar/Relevant Knowledge adware.
ClamWin - Ask Toolbar
Corel Paint Shop Pro X - Yahoo! Toolbar but not pre-checked.
CPU-Z - Ask Toolbar
CSmenu - Ask Toolbar.
Cyberlink BD Advisor - Google Toolbar.
Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 - Google Toolbar and BETA of Moovielive
Daemon Tools - Search tool and sponsor ad module
Defraggler - Yahoo Toolbar
DexTop - RegistryBooster.
Digsby instant messenger – Yahoo Toolbar, MyFreeze
NetAssistant for Firefox, Smart Shopper, WeatherBug, Regsitry
Power Cleaner, Relevant Knowledge Toolbar, changes browser
homepgae to My Freeze. Additionally, if uses your bandwidth to
crawl the web for stock market research.
DivX - Yahoo Toolbar/Norton Security Scan
Driver Sweeper - Open Candy.
Duplicate Cleaner - Bing Toolbar and Search Helper Extension
in Firefox.
DVDx - Ask Toolbar
FLV Player - Yahoo! Toolbar.
FormatFactory - ebay shorcut and/or Ask toolbar.
Foxit Pdf Reader - Ask Toolbar and ebay shortcut in desktop
Freecommander - ebay shortcuts.
Free Download Manager - prechecked and bundles Software Informer
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - DVDSoft Toolbar, search engine.
Game House Installers - Google Desktop Search and/or Google
Toolbar for IE.
GameVance Installer - Ask Toolbar and Weather Channel Desktop
GetGo Download Manager - Ask Toolbar.
Glary Utilities - Ask Toolbar
GOM Player - Ask Toolbar.
Google Earth - Pre checked Google Toolbar installation or
Chrome browser.
Google Talk - no addon but will change default search setting
of IE
Hotspot Shield - Hotspot Shield Community Toolbar (by default)
from Conduit.
ICQ - ICQ Toolbar
IE7Pro - Offering ProgSense. Installed Grab Pro Toolbar (using
Ask search).
IM ToolPack - Crawler toolbar.
ImgBurn - Ask Toolbar and Uniblue Desktop icons.
IMMUNET - Ask Toolbar.
Incredimail - MyStart Homepage and Search Page
IOBit Security 360 - IObit Toolbar.
IOBit Smart Defrag - Yahoo Toolbar/Search Settings.
IObit Advanced SystemCare - Yahoo Toolbar.
IrfanView - Google Toolbar for IE and Google Desktop Search
Isobuster - Ask Toolbar
IZArc - RegistryBooster.
Logitech Setpoint - Logitech Yahoo! Toolbar
ManyCam Virtual Webcam - Ask Toolbar and Norton Security Scan.
Maxathon 2 - Facebook Sidebar Plugin
McAfee Site Advisor update - Yahoo! default browser search
MediaCoder - Registry Reviver.
MessengerPlus! Live - Ask Toolbar.
Miro - Ask Toolbar.
MP3 WMA Converter - Yahoo Search and Delio Comparsion Shopping
Toolbar
MooO Connection Watcher - AutoComplete Pro
MyPhoneExplorer - offering ebay shortcuts
Nero Free, Nero Burning Rom or Nero 9 Essentials and Nero
BurnLite 10 - Ask Toolbar
Norton products - Ask Search in Norton toolbar. No option to
remove and it was pushed by including in a Norton patch.
Office Live add-in - includes Silverlight as add-on
OpenCandy - offering third party software. Report says that
even if you do not install the 3rd party software, there is
modification in the registry, files and will add tracking cookies.
There's also Conduit Toolbar in the page
PalTalk - Ask Toolbar. There's a nag screen prompting to
upgrade from free to paid edition. No way to turn off the nag.
Panda Cloud AV - Yahoo Search Assistant and a pre-checked toolbar.
PC Tools Spyware Doctor - Google Toolbar
PC Tools Firewall Plus - Google Toolbar and Threatfire
PC Tools ThreatFire - Google Toolbar.
PC Wizard 2010 - Ask Toolbar.
PDFCreator - Yahoo Toolbar. Also offers PDFforger Toolbar and
Widgi Toolbar (mybrowser bar).
PDF-XChangeViewer - Ask Toolbar.
Perfect Utilities - Relevant Knowledge (RK) toolbar
PhotoFiltre - Ask Toolbar.
Picpick - Ask Toolbar.
Quick Media Converter HD - Ask Toolbar, Ask Search, Ask
Homepage (by default).
Quicksys RegDefrag - Ask Toolbar.
RapidTyping - Bing Toolbar.
Recuva - Yahoo toolbar
RealPlayer - Google Chrome pre-checked.
Risingware Fast Start Genie - installs Fast Start Genie and
Risingware i-Desktop.
Shockwave Player - Norton Security Scan or Google Toolbar
SIW (System Information for Windows) - Crawler Toolbar. The
installer of SIW (free version) will offer SnagIt (report here)or
PC Tools Registry Mechanic (report here) but not pre-checked.
Skype - Google Toolbar and Browser Highlighter
Spiderplayer - Bing Toolbar.
Spyware Terminator - Web security guard, Crawler
StarBurn - installs StarPort DVD-ROM Emulator and
SaveTubeVideo tools
Sun Java RE (online installer) - Google Toolbar / Live Search
for Windows Toolbar. There's report too that Carbonite Backup is
being offered (depends on your location)
Sun Java - OpenOffice.org
Thoosje Sidebar - Amazon or eBay toolbar.
Trillian - Ask Toolbar, Weather Channel Desktop and
RegistryBooster
Unlocker 1.90 - eBay Desktop shortcuts and Bing Toolbar (with
30 seconds waiting for proceeding to install if you'll uncheck
Bing Toolbar install).
uTorrent - Ask Toolbar.
Vdownloader Plus - Ask Toolbar and eBay shortcuts.
Veoh media player - Yahoo toolbar, search engine change &
search protection
VSO Image Resizer - Ask Toolbar.
WeatherBug - Ask Toolbar.
Webroot SpySweeper - Ask Toolbar
Wildfire CD Ripper - Download Energy Torrent toolbar
Winamp - Winamp Toolbar
Windows Live Installer - Windows Live Toolbar and Sign-in
Assistant
Windows SteadyState - Windows Live Toolbar
Winzip - RegistryBooster and Google Toolbar
xplorer2Lite - Conduit toolbar
XP-Antispy - eBay Shortcuts.
YaHoo! Instant Messenger - YaHoo! toolbar, with ‘YaHoo! Search
Protection’ and homepage change to YaHoo!
ZoneAlarm - Conduit toolbar. Search powered by Google.
===================
On 5/31/2012 9:01 AM, Howard wrote:
*From:* ChasM49@xxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=ChasM49@xxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:41 AM
*To:* triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
</mc/compose?to=triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [triadtechtalk] Re: Portable Program Question
Brian ... I agree totally with Chuck in OK!!! If a computer comes
to me for repair, I go through the add/remove programs and remove
ALL toolbars.
If there are any tool bars on the computer that are not in the
add/remove, I simply delete them and run my registry cleaner to
remove the stuff left in the registry. Many of them read your
keystrokes and send the info back! They also eventually add a lot
of bars across your browser and take up a lot of viewing area on
your monitor. They cause more problems than some viruses.
Try to stay away from installing as a lot of them piggyback on
other installs and need to be unchecked to avoid installing them.
Howard
Brian keep in mind there are all sorts of rogue junk that gets
added on when you install lots of programs.... most of them are
near useless and when comes to toll bar helpers I dump them
totally have no use nor want any jerk outfit taking my control
for their advert trash bag junk. And if after deleting the
toolbar trash a particular program wont work to me it simply
means came form the garbage can since needs trash to make money
for the company.Keeo\p it simple stupid still is my game plan and
I will not allow or keep any of the rash drive by add-ons that
get stuck in with lots of programs..... and near all the big
outfits sucker you into it...... ask your self... how many times
have you seen the Google junk added in when installing programs?
to me way too many and I do use Google but not as a toolbar and
the rest of the junk it wants to add so they can make money.To me
seems you have been out searching the dumpster's and finding so
called needed programs that have dumped stuff on you unknowingly.
keep in mind there are no more free lunches...... its all advert
trash generally.......... chuck in Ok
No virus found in this message.
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Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2425/5036 - Release Date:
05/31/12
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