From: John Corliss on
par4thecourse wrote:
> Nicetameetya wrote:
>> Manatee Memories wrote:
>>>
>>> http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
>>>
>>> http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/
>>> http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/tech/
>>> http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/changelog/
>
> (snip)
> Unpacking the exe file before installing uncovers a file named Ebay.ico
> and a quickstores directory. This leads me to believe that there's some
> ebay adware included with the download. There's also a
> bing_graphic_small.bmp file as well as a quickstores one.
>
> Opening a file in the $TEMP\$PLUGINSDIR directory called antanda.ini, one
> notices this line:
>
>> Text=By installing the Bing Bar, you agree to the Toolbar
>
> The Quickfile.ini file has these lines:
>
> [Field 2]
> Type=checkbox
> Text=Install the new QuickStores Bar
>
> [Field 3]
> Type=label
> Text=By installing the QuickStores Bar, you agree to the Toolbar
>
> I would suggest that the best way to install this program (if you don't jst
> want to use the portable version) is to unpack it, delete the $TEMP
> directory, and archive it as an executable with 7zip - or just run it after
> unpacking and deleting the $TEMP directory.
>
> The program probably asks whether you want to install the adware, but some
> programs only will if you choose custom installation.

After reading other posts in this thread, I just ran the installation,
deselected installation of the Bing Toolbar and waited 30 seconds. After
that, it installed fine and didn't put anything else on my system.

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