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List of dodgy installers ....
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2009, 10:31:07 PM »
List of dodgy installers ....

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)
AOL Instant Messenger - AOL Toolbar
Apple’s Software Updater - Safari Browser, QuickTime, iTunes
Applian FLV Player - Yahoo Toolbar
Auslogics Registry Defrag - Ask Toolbar
AVG 8 - AVG Security Toolbar (Yahoo Search bar)
BitComet - Google Toolbar
BitTorrent 6.1.2 - Ask Toolbar
CCleaner (standard installer) - Yahoo Toolbar <<<Offers ‘Lite’ version, without toolbar
Comodo Firewall Pro - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)
Comodo Internet Security, Antivirus & Firewall - Ask Toolbar (added 12/6/2008)
Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 - Google Toolbar and BETA of Moovielive
Daemon Tools - Search tool and sponsor ad module
Defraggler - Yahoo Toolbar
DivX - Yahoo Toolbar
Foxit Pdf Reader - Ask Toolbar and ebay shortcut in desktop
Free Download Manager - prechecked and bundles Software Informer
Glary Utilities - Ask Toolbar
GOM Player - Google Toolbar
GoogleTalk - no addon but will change default search setting of IE
GoogleEarth - Pre checked Google Toolbar installation
ICQ 6 - ICQ Toolbar
IrfanView (Google Toolbar for IE and Google Desktop Search)
Logitech Setpoint (Logitech Yahoo! Toolbar)
Maxathon 2 - Facebook Sidebar Plugin
McAfee Site Advisor update - (Yahoo! default browser search) (added 12/6/2008)
MP3 WMA Converter - Yahoo Search and Delio Comparsion Shopping Toolbar
Nero Burning Rom - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)
PC Tools Firewall Plus - Google Toolbar and Threatfire
Recuva - Yahoo toolbar
RealPlayer - Google Toolbar - Delisted not! CoU member Pat reported that the installer do not have Google toolbar anymore which I (Donna) confirmed. Note: This product is badware. See the post here. Current report: RealPlayer installer have Google Chrome as pre-checked. See report here.
Shockwave Player - Norton Security Scan or Google Toolbar
SIW (System Information for Windows) - Crawler Toolbar
Skype - Google Toolbar
Spyware Doctor - Google Toolbar
Spyware Terminator - Web security guard, Crawler
Sun Java RE (online installer) - Google Toolbar / Live Search for Windows Toolbar
Sun Java - OpenOffice.org
Trillian - Ask Toolbar and Weather Channel Desktop
Unlocker 1.8.7 - eBay Desktop shortcuts
Veoh media player - Yahoo toolbar, search engine change & search protection
Webroot SpySweeper - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors) Delisted. Please see the post here. Listed again. See post here
Winamp - Winamp Toolbar
Windows Live Installer - Windows Live Toolbar and Sign-in Assistant
Windows Update - Windows Genuine Advantage Notification - (pre-checked, not required, should not be high-priority)
Windows SteadyState - Windows Live Toolbar
Winzip - RegistryBooster
xplorer2Lite - Conduit toolbar
YaHoo! Instant Messenger - YaHoo! toolbar, with ‘YaHoo! Search Protection’ and homepage change to YaHoo!
ZoneAlarm - SpyBlocker (Ask Toolbar) (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)

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