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There is (or was) a similar system profiler program that installs itself from Windstream's DSL service, and will not allow itself to be removed from a PC by any

• pasbesoin 15y ago
  It's not what you see, it's what you don't see. Comcast installation was/is similar -- done in my case during the course of the Comcast technician's visit. I got rid of their crap when I reimaged the machine. Didn't affect service in any perceptible manner. (It did get rid of their branding from the IE window title, though -- another useless annoyance.) If I have to go through similar, again, I'm going to do it in a disposable virtual machine image (reverting back to the last snapshot).
  • koenigdavidmj 15y ago
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 You can change the 'Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Yoyodyne' string to whatever you want.
    • pasbesoin 15y ago
      Yeah, I'm more bothered by the services their default process installs. They can monitor their modem, if they must. They can keep their nose out of my system. Though branding the IE windows title is just downright annoying, particularly for non-technical users. In addition to taking up space and being distracting, every screenshot they make carries it, like it or not. People are reminded of you every month when they pay their bill, Comcast. Don't push it. /rhetoric