RC_Andreas
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Υπάρχουν αρκετά προγράμματα, τα οποία κατά την εγκατάσταση τους προσθέτουν στον υπολογιστή και άλλες εφαρμογές συνήθως άχρηστες, όπως browser toolbars.Αυτές που συναντάμε πιο συχνά είναι η Ask Toolbar (η οποία είναι δύσκολο να απεγκατασταθεί) και η Yahoo toolbar.
Πολλοί προγραμματιστές, κυρίως αυτοί που γράφουν δωρεάν εφαρμογές, προσθέτουν αυτές τις εφαρμογές στα προγράμματα τους γιατί τους δίνουν ένα καλό εισόδημα.Η Ask toolbar για παράδειγμα, πληρώνει 1$ στους προγραμματιστές για κάθε εγκατάσταση που γίνεται μέσω των δικών τους προγραμμάτων.Παρόμοια τακτική εφαρμόζει και η Google για την δική της toolbar.
Μερικές εφαρμογές δίνουν τη δυνατότητα στο χρήστη να επιλέξει αν θέλει να εγκαταστήσει το επιπλέον λογισμικό αλλά κάποιες άλλες δεν δίνουν καν αυτή την επιλογή.Το θέμα είναι ότι οι περισσότεροι χρήστες κατά την εγκατάσταση κάποιού προγράμματος είναι βιαστικοί και δεν παρακολουθούν όλα τα στάδια της εγκατάσταση ώστε να αποτρέψουν την εγκατάσταση του πρόσθετου λογισμικού.
Στη συνέχεια ακολουθεί η λίστα των προγραμμάτων που συνοδεύονται από τις toolbars που αναφέραμε παραπάνω.
- 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 (ακόμα και αν επιλέξετε να μην εγκατασταθεί, θα επιφέρει αλλαγές στο σύστημα σας.)
- Aero Fox addon for Firefox - Ask toolbar.
- Any Video Converter ? Google Chrome.
- AnVir TaskManager - Dealio Toolbar, RegistryCleanerPro
- 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.
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