Solved Hey anyone used this program called unchecky?

Hi was wondering if anyone has ever heard of it or used it you can get it from unchecky.com was just curious if its any good and if it really does work.

Don't use it, it fills your computer with spamware, adware, trojans, etc... Yesterday I just cleaned a coworkers laptop full of crap installed with this program

huh norton says the site and d-load is clear from the online scanner interesting. you sure it was this program?

It is not the site or download that causes the problem, it is the installation that loads all the crap. Don't use it.

huh why would a program that claims to stop adware have adware i read allot of reviews just now and alot of vendors are recommending it, i d-loaded the file scanned it with norton, malwarebytes and superantispyware its clean. maybe he got it from somewhere else.

I've clean-installed unchecky from the original source, have been using it for awhile now. Just where did the coworker download unchecky from?

well i might just take a chance and install it as all my scans say the file is clean.

TonyB said:

well i might just take a chance and install it as all my scans say the file is clean.

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Might be clean of mallware but still install bunch of unwanted programs (PUPs) which AVs do not look for.

I just contacted unchecky last night and there software is clean and actually prevents the install of these programs they said if he got stuff from the install it was a d-load from not the original sorase, that there file is very small and only installs two services that silently run and helps to not install, toolbars and pups, by unchecking the stuff for you in the installers.

I don't know if my co-worker downloaded it from another place, but all registry keys filled with pups and spyware pointed to unchecky.exe. Norton 360 was installed but seems it allowed to install all the pups and spyware, it detected after that some, but no all. So I needed to do a manual clean.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...e1c323dec8ac1fe7bda779b4/analysis/1421342058/


Checks for PUPS Malware and viruses the file is clean rated not sure what you had or your friend had i have not installed it i'm sending the file to a malware and pup analyzer a friend of mine that does this work to see if it is bad and if its clean like this says it is i will install.

Hi,

I Just checked out what this program does and if I correctly looked at the program you mention here, all this does is help not check items when installing programs???

Don't you think You need to manually uncheck and watch what you are installing on your computer??

why would you even try this software?

I don't need it was going to put it on my parents PC who are old and sometimes miss things.

so i contact Unchecky author and here is his E-mail to me, and as you can see its does not do what you say it does.

Hi Tony,


Unchecky is free from any extra software, including PUPs and adware. In fact, Unchecky was designed to prevent these kinds of things!

Possibly the thread author downloaded Unchecky from a third party website, which bundles applications with additional unwanted software. Unfortunately, that's not something we can control.

Best regards,
Michael.

Hi,

it still looks like software that can absolutely cause conflict while installing.. there is no way ever it would be able to tell all the different types of installs that come about the internet..

I think what you might be looking for a real solution is just to point your parents to a website that is labeled safe for downloading.. I mean if your parents are "old" what could they be wanting to install so much?

send them to

MajorGeeks if they want software- he even lists if it has anything you need to click
MajorGeeks.Com - MajorGeeks

but hey, oh well just try unchecky..

these may help

from "thewindowsclub"

geeks and softpedia are the best..

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Safe software download sites

So we then come to the question – which are the safe software download sites. Well today, if I have to download freeware, I usually prefer to download it from the developers website. This ensures that I get the latest version too. But if I have to visit a download sites, I prefer and trust the following:

• Majorgeeks.com
• Softpedia.com
• TechSpot.com
• Filehippo.com See this.
• SnapFiles.com
• fileforum.betanews.com
• downloadcrew.com

or teach your folks how to use sandboxie haha!? then they can do whatever they want and not care...

Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing

brooksndun said:

or teach your folks how to use sandboxie haha!? then they can do whatever they want and not care...

Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing

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hi a question this looks like a interesting program, can i install a program threw this? and use it i was thinking about installing Driver Fusion but i here it may have bundle were like add supported, if i was to use this program you listed, then none of that stuff would actually be installed correct ? please get back with me thanks.

Hey Tony B.. with all respect, you may want to learn to dig in and read a little further.. the answer lies within..

google.

I'm trying to show you that even you can learn yourself.. I hope in the time you were waiting for this answer, you already knew it..

1. Install Sandboxie. You may need to reboot into Safe Mode when installing some necessary drivers, but otherwise the process will be smooth.
2. Launch a sandboxed web browser. This will run in parallel to your normal browsing session. Here, you can download files and install programs and they'll remain in the sandbox.
3. Run apps via the main Sandboxie window. Any apps that are part of the sandbox will have a yellow border around them when you hover over the window (as seen above).

Here is an article pulled straight from googling ....

Sandboxie Tests Apps Without Risking Your System, Now Supports 64-Bit


have you even tried to browse youtube???


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMtyGNviiRY

As Sandbox isolates you from most of system, how could driver finder and down-loader work from it.