That was pretty shocking! Yesterday I used to install DivX Player for Win98/ME 5.21 from http://www.divx.com/divx/player/download/?cmp=dlply - as you can see, no information about google toolbar is given. This is a massive fraud IMHO.
Google Toolbar is - believe it or not - known to be Spyware. Even worse, its automatic Update Feature makes it a de facto trojan application.
Since it is installed inside the Microsoft Internet Explorer as an additional Toolbar, Firewalls like Zonealarm won't notice the toolbars Web Activity because it will use the Internet Explorer Identy to access the Internet.
Some may say "what's wrong with google tool bar? It may be spyware but it's good spyware" etc. This is silly. Any possible security issue will be abused, that's all we really know.
Also check this out:
http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html
DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
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RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
ill read it, google toolbar has done nothing but helped me
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RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
I dont like toolbars, I think all spyware is bad spyware.
IMO - There shouldn't be any spyware searchbars, if you want a toolbar, you could download it as a program
IMO - There shouldn't be any spyware searchbars, if you want a toolbar, you could download it as a program
RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
Don't use Internet Explorer and you don't have to worry about apps installing IE bolt-ons
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RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
Have to agree. Just use Firefox, I've had no problems with so far...
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RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
Of course I don't use MSIE. But isn't it a shame that DivX is trying to silently install a spytool? I mean, how does that taste?
RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
Install XVID instead. I think that can decode DivX as well if you specify it during the install. XVID is slowly killing DivX because it is opensource and free whereas DivX is a commercial product.
RE: DivX Installer installs also Google Toolbar!
Didn't know Xvid can decode DivX too, thanks.