tumips .... :) On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > footnote, from comments on the sourceforge.net site regarding > PDFCreator : > > > > Formerly a big fan running older version. Was not happy to find out, upon > > downloading the most current version, that it contains unavoidable > spyware. > > The reviewers saying that are idiots. (This is the Internet, after all.) > > PDFCreator's installer does bundle an *optional* advertising toolbar > (Yahoo's, IIRC). A panel of the install wizard is dedicated to this > fact, complete with a screenshot of the toolbar, and a checkbox. > Un-check the box and you don't get the toolbar. The turnips clicking > "Next" without looking are getting the toolbar. > > While I'm certainly no fan of bundled adware, PDFCreator is hardly > the only one doing so ("Download Windows Search to improve history and > favorites results"), and you can easily opt-out. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
