Postby staythirstymyfriends » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:53 am
Yes, that demon spawn (aka trojan pop-up ads) has gotten more prevalent over time. They're a danged nuisance, for sure. Did you have the one where it double-underlines keywords and pops an ad up when you scroll over the target? What a pain.
Anyway, that is indeed a trojan program. I think it's harmless, but anything a company sneaks in on you has to be looked at. It's borderline unethical.
You can delete this kind of thing, but you have to go to the control panel setup in Windows and do it from there to extirpate it totally. And it does come as a piggy-back on other progs you install. Be sure to read the whole TOS on ancillary programs and uncheck everything you don't want. Some put "Decline" in a dark gray button, 1/2 ghosted, as the uncheck mechanism. Read carefully...
Is it any different to be tied up vs being tied down? One of the great things about English, its flexibility :p