Good points to remember. I was a little naive in trusting sites and
providers that I had purchased from in earlier years. I guess they all
have to make a buck, but many sites are sneaky, in my opinion, and
distribute goods that are difficult to remove.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 6/9/2014 5:20 PM, Moose wrote:
On 6/9/2014 2:59 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Hi Moose,
I know nothing of Malwarebytes, but, in my transition from an 8-yr
old machine running XP to a new one running Windows 7, I was my own
worst enemy. I wanted to use the same tools for photo work that I
had used in the past, and set out to download this software. I tried
to get current versions of Neat Image, FocusMagic, and a BW converter
that I had found useful. In this process, I stumbled into downloads
of "bundles", not individual programs, and got a lot of invasive,
unwanted software. It took me several weeks to clean up the mess.
Now, the only one I see is a popup ad each time I start the machine,
which I immediately close. I looked into deleting it, and found that
people had to resort to a lot of specific registry edits, which I
refuse to do.
We need to be careful what we seek on the web! :-(
Indeed, but that's not the fault of the OS or the software itself.
Operator error, I believe it's called. :-(
I don't recall needing to upgrade image software going from XP to
Vista. Going on to 7, I needn't have done so, either, if I stayed with
the limitations of 32 bit. But I got a new machine in large part to
get lots of RAM.
Between 64 bit and at least one plug-in not working with PSCC, even 32
bit, I have had to upgrade a few plug-ins.
If you buy from the maker, you should be safe from all but the curse
of stuff installed by default with it. Pay close attention when you
run the installer, uncheck all boxes for installing extra stuff, click
on the tiny, dim 'skip all offers' when available, and you should stay
clean.
It used to be it was OK to just click 'Next' all through software
installation. No longer, but not the fault of the OS.
Install Cautions Moose
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