Calendar of Updates - Installers Hall of Shame (unwanted add-ons)
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
There are many software vendors that bundle third-party applications with their software. This is a controversial practice at best, or down right despicable; depending on your point a view.
Calendar of Updates has been compiling quite a list of applications that come bundle with third-party applications.
Calendar of Updates - Installers Hall of Shame (unwanted add-ons) - Calendar Entry (for the current list)
Calendar of Updates - Post your dodgy installers which pre-check things, A collage for our members to view? - Forum discussion
CoU’s - Installers Hall of Shame - as of 06 July, 2008
- Adobe Flash Player - Google Toolbar
- Adobe Reader - eBay Desktop
- AOL Instant Messenger - AOL Toolbar
- Apple’s Software Updater - Safari Browser, QuickTime, iTunes
- Applian FLV Player - Yahoo Toolbar
- AVG 8 - AVG Security Toolbar (Yahoo Search bar)
- BitComet - Google Toolbar
- CCleaner (standard installer) - Yahoo Toolbar <<<Offers ‘Lite’ version, without toolbar
- Comodo Firewall Pro - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)
- Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 - Google Toolbar and BETA of Moovielive
- Daemon Tools - Search tool and sponsor ad module
- DivX - Yahoo Toolbar
- GoogleTalk - no addon but will change default search setting of IE
- GoogleEarth - Pre checked Google Toolbar installation
- ICQ 6 - ICQ Toolbar
- Iobit advanced one care - Yahoo Toolbar (selecting no will still do changes on the system)
- IrfanView (Google Toolbar for IE and Google Desktop Search)
- Logitech Setpoint (Logitech Yahoo! Toolbar)
- MP3 WMA Converter - Yahoo Search and Delio Comparsion Shopping Toolbar
- Nero Burning Rom - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)
- PC Tools Firewall Plus - Google Toolbar and Threatfire
- RealPlayer - Google Toolbar
- Shockwave Player - Norton Security Scan or Google Toolbar
- Skype - Google Toolbar
- Spyware Doctor - Google Toolbar
- Spyware Terminator - Web security guard, Crawler
- Sun Java RE (online installer) - Google Toolbar
- Sun Java - OpenOffice.org
- Trillian - Ask Toolbar and Weather Channel Desktop
- Veoh media player - Yahoo toolbar, search engine change & search protection
- Webroot SpySweeper - Ask Toolbar (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)
- Winamp - Winamp Toolbar
- Windows Live Installer - Windows Live Toolbar and Sign-in Assistant
- Windows Update - Windows Genuine Advantage Notification - (pre-checked, not required, should not be high-priority)
- Windows SteadyState - Windows Live Toolbar
- Winzip - RegistryBooster
- xplorer2Lite - Conduit toolbar
- YaHoo! Instant Messenger - YaHoo! toolbar, with ‘YaHoo! Search Protection’ and homepage change to YaHoo!
- ZoneAlarm - SpyBlocker (Ask Toolbar) (This toolbar is detected as spyware/adware by several vendors)











