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I took a look at your image and started a search for Babylon Browser. Autofill added stuff like "hijack" and "took over my browser". Sounds like very bad news:

by radley 14y ago

I took a look at your image and started a search for Babylon Browser. Autofill added stuff like "hijack" and "took over my browser". Sounds like very bad news: https://www.google.com/search?q=babylon+browser https://www.google.com/search?q=babylon+browser

chronolitus 14y ago
I can confirm that it is tenacious. I don't know how since I always check for crapware, but I ended up with babylon having taken over my firefox browser. I removed it, but - just checking - oh look, there it is again. Luckily, chrome is my go-to browser, (which explains why I haven't tried more brutal removals), but it is definitely not as simple as uninstalling. It seems to be worse than I thought. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/938607 http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/938607
- shitlord 14y ago
  Jeez, I'm surprised that the people who created this filth aren't in prison. It's one TINY step away from botnet territory, which actually lands people in prison.
  - Groxx 14y ago
    Botnets don't usually include a low-prominence opt-out link / checkbox / something that might not look quite like a button. Maybe they'd walk free if they did...
    - mratzloff 14y ago
      That is really interesting. What are the legal implications of using a computer in a botnet if the owner of that computer agrees to a EULA, I wonder? Edit: I should say, "agrees" to it (unknowingly).
      - Groxx 14y ago
        Folding@Home seems to do alright. As does Bitcoin.
- nisa 14y ago
  Looks like even clicking on "Decline" does still made you prone to tracking from them. The excuse given in the answer is also pretty poor: http://i.imgur.com/FpjFp.png http://i.imgur.com/FpjFp.png (permalink: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/installmonetizer.com/comment-38698394 http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/installmonetizer.com/comme...)

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I took a look at your image and started a search for Babylon Browser. Autofill added stuff like "hijack" and "took over my browser". Sounds like very bad news:

by radley 14y ago

chronolitus 14y ago
I can confirm that it is tenacious. I don't know how since I always check for crapware, but I ended up with babylon having taken over my firefox browser. I removed it, but - just checking - oh look, there it is again. Luckily, chrome is my go-to browser, (which explains why I haven't tried more brutal removals), but it is definitely not as simple as uninstalling. It seems to be worse than I thought. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/938607 http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/938607
- shitlord 14y ago
  Jeez, I'm surprised that the people who created this filth aren't in prison. It's one TINY step away from botnet territory, which actually lands people in prison.
  - Groxx 14y ago
    Botnets don't usually include a low-prominence opt-out link / checkbox / something that might not look quite like a button. Maybe they'd walk free if they did...
    - mratzloff 14y ago
      That is really interesting. What are the legal implications of using a computer in a botnet if the owner of that computer agrees to a EULA, I wonder? Edit: I should say, "agrees" to it (unknowingly).
      - Groxx 14y ago
        Folding@Home seems to do alright. As does Bitcoin.
- nisa 14y ago
  Looks like even clicking on "Decline" does still made you prone to tracking from them. The excuse given in the answer is also pretty poor: http://i.imgur.com/FpjFp.png http://i.imgur.com/FpjFp.png (permalink: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/installmonetizer.com/comment-38698394 http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/installmonetizer.com/comme...)