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Google toolbar spyware?
Name: sidtheman Date: November 9, 2004 at 18:51:19 Pacific OS: xp pro sp2 CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Hi, so many people seem to use the googlebar, so I'm thinking of giving it a shot, even though ie with sp2 has a built in popup blocker.
Do any of you guys know if it has spyware? I remember reading somewhere that it displays ads sometimes. Thanks!
Name: etan7501 Date: November 9, 2004 at 19:53:32 Pacific
Reply:
There is an option during the installation process that asks if you'd like to share your browsing and search activities with Google. If you choose no, you should have nothing to worry about.
http://toolbar.google.com/privacy.html
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Response Number 2
Name: Lesley Date: November 10, 2004 at 03:14:49 Pacific
Reply:
Sid
IE does now have a PopUp Blocker - as does Google - use one or the other - not both....
Summary: I uninstalled google toolbar by clicking on the task bar and used the uninstall option. I want to reinstall it and was wondering what left overs I should delete. I came across this and was wondering i...
Summary: Lesley, the version you have is the latest release version. There are some betas though. http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/?quick=versioninfo "Revision History The Google Toolbar updates itself a...
Summary: thanks for the reply. How does Spyware all of a sudden let Pop-ups passed the Google Toolbar Popup Blocker? It has worked great for over a year. Not sure which version I have of Spybot(will check when...
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