Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:48:10 -, Bruce Pierson bpierson...@gmail.com wrote: I got this little gem in something called “Sweetpacks” and yes, it cropped up after a download from CNET. I managed to get rid of it but it was not easy. I did it by working my way backwards deleting and then

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread DaveMainwaring
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 2:04 AM, johnny smith ka...@krovatka.su wrote: i suppose the point may be that the target file is downloaded not directly but with the help of a small 'download manager' file that you are to download first. i avoid downloading through such managers ​Please explain

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread Doug
On 03/22/2014 02:04 AM, johnny smith wrote: On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:48:10 -, Bruce Pierson bpierson...@gmail.com wrote: I got this little gem in something called “Sweetpacks” and yes, it cropped up after a download from CNET. I managed to get rid of it but it was not easy. I did it by

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:57:05 -, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: i suppose the point may be that the target file is downloaded not directly but with the help of a small 'download manager' file that you are to download first. i avoid downloading through such managers. I strongly dislike

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread Tubular
Suggestion for getting a download without the so-called installers - if you find the program, read the information on the site (such as CNET) to find the domain originating the program. For instance, Open Office information on CNET mentions the OO web site (openoffice.org) several times.

RE: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-21 Thread Maurice Howe
. -Original Message- From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 1:04 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit? On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Rory O'Farrell ofarr...@iol.ie wrote: On Wed, 19

How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread Bernie H
It seems Apache OpenOffice has deposited this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. I don't want or need either one of these annoyances. Please advise how I can kill them both, as I've tried to delete Mysearchdial from Internet Options (where it highjacked my home page!), but

Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:27:14 -, Bernie H bjhade...@gmail.com wrote: It seems Apache OpenOffice has deposited this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. it seems that you have downloaded openoffice from a location other than openoffice.org/download. thus, it is not

Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:27:14 -0700 Bernie H bjhade...@gmail.com wrote: It seems Apache OpenOffice has deposited this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. I don't want or need either one of these annoyances. Please advise how I can kill them both, as I've tried to delete

Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread Doug
On 03/19/2014 01:27 PM, Bernie H wrote: It seems Apache OpenOffice has deposited this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. I don't want or need either one of these annoyances. Please advise how I can kill them both, as I've tried to delete Mysearchdial from Internet Options

Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread Tubular
Would the below be of use in removing the unwanted products added when other than OpenOffice site was used for downloading product? I do not remember having extras added with applications downloaded via cnet.com. In addition, cnet has tabs for Windows / Mac / iOS / Android. * SpyBot