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I installed a PDF metadata editor from the formerly respectable site Download.com (CNET).
Turns out they joined the DARK side:
Despite me DECLINING all dodgy offers by the installer, it STILL installed a bunch of unwanted junk on my machine.
I've now spent an hour on and off trying to get rid of this junk. Just as I thought I was more or less done, I get an "Alert" frrom the "Microsoft Advanced System Protector" (yeah, right...)
I have of course checked in Add/Remove programs and uninstalled what I could find (although the uninstall hung).
I used HijackThis and deleted all the changes this junkware used. I am trying to restore homepages for my browsers.
I don't use antivirus, and I doubt it would have reacted to this junk which probably passes for real software.
Does anyone know precisely WHAT unwanted junk Download.com installs and how to clear out every last bit of it?
Turns out they joined the DARK side:
Despite me DECLINING all dodgy offers by the installer, it STILL installed a bunch of unwanted junk on my machine.
I've now spent an hour on and off trying to get rid of this junk. Just as I thought I was more or less done, I get an "Alert" frrom the "Microsoft Advanced System Protector" (yeah, right...)
I have of course checked in Add/Remove programs and uninstalled what I could find (although the uninstall hung).
I used HijackThis and deleted all the changes this junkware used. I am trying to restore homepages for my browsers.
I don't use antivirus, and I doubt it would have reacted to this junk which probably passes for real software.
Does anyone know precisely WHAT unwanted junk Download.com installs and how to clear out every last bit of it?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- i5
- Motherboard
- ASUS
- Memory
- 24 GB DDRAM3
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GT430 x2
- Sound Card
- Audial
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 28" Sharp
- Screen Resolution
- 1360 x 768
- Hard Drives
- Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Western Digital
- PSU
- 750 watt
- Cooling
- liquid closed