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Internet Explorer Plug-Ins
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I recently hit, by mistake, what I thought was an Explorer upgrade
option. It turned out to be a pop-up appearing legitimate but really
was not. It uploaded a product called Intelligent Explorer on my
machine. What a nightmare!
I did some research on the web and found messages like this one from a BullGuard Antivirus Forum,
"PLEASE HELP!!! I HAVE A SPYWARE, TROJAN AND HIJACKER ON MY COMPUTER. I
HAVE RUN BULLGUARD, CWSHREDDER AND AD-AWARE. ALL HAVE PICKED UP THE
VIRUSES AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED/REMOVED BUT WHEN I LOG ONTO
THE INTERNET THAT DAMN INTELLIGENT EXPLORER TOOLBAR IS SHOWING"
Another message from spywareinfo Forum goes something like this:
"Hey I'm having issues with something called Internet explorer toolbar
- Intelligent explorer. I can't find a way to remove it from my comp
and I really don't want to reinstall windows. I've used spybot,
ad-ware, and cw shredder but nothing seems to work."
It appears that Intelligent Explorer allows other software to be
downloaded to your machine and this is where the problem occurs. What
is even more remarkable is that by downloading Intelligent Explorer,
their license grants them the right to install software add-ins on your
computer at their will. Take a look at what the software license for
Intelligent Explore says (go to www.ieplugin.com/terms.html to read it all):
"You grant to us the right, exercisable by us until you uninstall the
Software or this agreement is otherwise terminated, to provide to you
the Service of downloading and causing to be displayed advertising
material on your computer, through 'pop-up' or other display while you
use your browser. You acknowledge and agree that installation of the
Software may automatically modify toolbars and other settings of your
browser. By installing the Software you agree to such modifications."
The company, IBC incorporated, is incorporated in Belize. I really can't believe this license!
One end user found highly objectionable pop-up advertisements generated
by this software bundled with Intelligent Explorer in the form of
extreme pornography.
I have yet to break this.
Intelligent Explorer is a plug-in, which can create a new home page, as
well as start up and endless loop of pop-ups. You can remove the view
bar, but then starting up Internet Explorer will cause it to reappear.
I asked some friends to help, and no one could tell me what to do.
This is what I did:
I bought a copy of a program called XoftSpy and it removed the
software. It took two scans and a reboot to do it. This is not an
advertisement for this product. They advertised it was free, which it
was to run, but then I had to buy it to actually fix anything. It cost
me $40 and I am sure that there are freeware products out there as
well, but that is what ended the nightmare for me. Other spyware
products I have seen out there include spybot, NoAdware, Spyware
Eliminator, Pal Spyware Remover, and Spyware C.O.P.
Let the buyer beware!
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