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Offline Lisandro

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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2011, 10:02:00 PM »
Quote from: Dch48 on March 30, 2011, 09:24:37 PM
None of these toolbars should be included in the Avast! database.
+1 anyway...
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #31 on: March 30, 2011, 10:13:12 PM »
Quote from: scythe944 on March 30, 2011, 09:32:53 PM
Quote from: Omid Farhang on March 27, 2011, 10:23:20 AM
@doktornotor: If I remember right its been Shark007 Win7Codec Pack 2.76 or another program, I'm not sure, That day I've been upgrading many programs so I don't remember it happened with which one.

@SafeSurf: I know how to uninstall or how to avoid that, I'm talking about should we consider Ask.com Toolbar as a missed adware sample or not?


Just a suggestion Omid, AFAIK installing xvid on your system pretty much includes every codec pack you'd ever need, and VLC player will play anything you'd ever need.  With just those to progs, you could probably avoid everything else.  I might be wrong, but I haven't seen a file that I wasn't able to play with just those two.
No, installing Xvid installs the Xvid codec and that's it. The codec will also decode Divx so you don't need that but there are many other video codecs that it does not decode. Players like VLC, or Media Player Classic bundle a lot of codecs in with the package and that's how you get to play other formats.
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #32 on: March 30, 2011, 10:58:16 PM »
@Dch48: Thanks for sharing your opinion!

@Tech: Thanks for comment!

@scythe944: Well, Part of your comment is correct, VLC almost play all common video/audio formats and it's customizable. But no Xvid is not a full pack of codecs and only install same codecs which windows 7 already has (yet you will neet codec for other formats and also some splitter like Haali and Gabest)
« Last Edit: March 31, 2011, 05:29:28 PM by Omid Farhang »
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2011, 04:49:50 PM »
Thanks for the info guys
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2011, 11:07:39 PM »
<semi-OT>
Just got an infected machine into my hands. It had no less that 15 toolbars in IE.  :o ??? :-X

Cannot take a screenshot since it bluescreens very fast, but... to get you the idea, here is a very similar one:
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2011, 01:28:51 AM »
How Lovely!  ;D
I've to admit in first days of my computer usage years ago I had made a similar thing for once!  ;D
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2011, 11:08:15 AM »
Quote from: doktornotor on March 31, 2011, 11:07:39 PM
<semi-OT>
Just got an infected machine into my hands. It had no less that 15 toolbars in IE.  :o ??? :-X

Cannot take a screenshot since it bluescreens very fast, but... to get you the idea, here is a very similar one:
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Oh yeah, dilbert has a comic on that one : http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-07-06/

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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #37 on: April 01, 2011, 11:14:07 AM »
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #38 on: April 04, 2011, 05:37:37 AM »
Quote from: nmb on April 01, 2011, 11:08:15 AM
Quote from: doktornotor on March 31, 2011, 11:07:39 PM
<semi-OT>
Just got an infected machine into my hands. It had no less that 15 toolbars in IE.  :o ??? :-X

Cannot take a screenshot since it bluescreens very fast, but... to get you the idea, here is a very similar one:
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Oh yeah, dilbert has a comic on that one : http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-07-06/



Holy crap!  That's like EVERYONE of my customers!!!! lol.

Hey NMB, nice pic!  ;D
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #39 on: April 04, 2011, 05:48:49 AM »
@Ryan

This is was the comic I was talking about when we met in Prague, remember ??? Just follow this guy. Awesome comics.
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2011, 04:14:53 AM »
yep, I remember. Thanks bro!
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Re: Ask.com Toolbar
« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2011, 10:12:25 AM »
Quote from: scythe944 on April 05, 2011, 04:14:53 AM
yep, I remember. Thanks bro!
You're Welcome.
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