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Gamezertruth:
Any alternative of HotShield program?  :blank: :rolleyes:

jraju:
Hi, Ghot ,
                    Thanks Ghot. It is the tool bar bundled programs you downloaded from suspicious sites. If you choose custom installation also, by unchecking the tool bar, it will be installed. There is no escape.
                      If you want to surf the net safely, scanning of bitdefender online scan and dr.web link checker are the best programs i use. The dr.web link checker, checks the web page, it alerts you . It even blocks google web analytics blocked. So far the programs are working smoothly. Shane, May i have user say on these programs.?

Gamezertruth:

--- Quote from: jraju on August 13, 2014, 06:24:56 am ---Hi, Ghot ,
                    Thanks Ghot. It is the tool bar bundled programs you downloaded from suspicious sites. If you choose custom installation also, by unchecking the tool bar, it will be installed. There is no escape.
                      If you want to surf the net safely, scanning of bitdefender online scan and dr.web link checker are the best programs i use. The dr.web link checker, checks the web page, it alerts you . It even blocks google web analytics blocked. So far the programs are working smoothly. Shane, May i have user say on these programs.?

--- End quote ---

hi jraju

I never download anything except do I download from the official websites so I do not think that the HotShield program is safe to use? As I mentioned in post 1, however, the hotShield program have to auto Install the toolbar, which have in some cases there is no option for unchecking this ?

and i have running many malware/antispyware scanner and my pc is clean!

jraju:
Hi,

                         The installation of tool bar, in some programs there are available screens and in some, they would ask you to close the entire browsers, and then install. You do not know what is being installed at all until it finishes. In cnet programs, which i used to download freewares, they started including PUP, potentially Unwanted Programs along with their search engine tool bar. There is no option to uncheck, and there are programs which will automatically downloaded with original programs. I also wrote to the cnet, but ony got evasive replies. If they are succeeding in installing their search engine, this will change your google search not to appear when you connect to the internet. The seach option of these tool bars are very limited or none at all. Then you have to uninstall using manual method of removing these in computer and as well as in registries. It has taken three hours to find those registries. Working with registry involve risking of your computer not starting at all.. So, if there is anyl tool bar associated downloads, i select majorgeek.com, which does not allow anything other than the original. File hippo is also one another safe download site.
                    Hope that i explained

Gamezertruth:
hi

and good info  :smiley: i know about crapyware they in everywhere place’s !  :undecided: and now i have find this Spotflux program but i don’t know if they a spywares like hotshield : -( :wink:

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