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My recent experience with Yahoo: A while ago after I installed uTorrent all my browsers (Chrome, Firefox and Safari) switched to Yahoo as my default search. Th

by bonn1 12y ago

My recent experience with Yahoo: A while ago after I installed uTorrent all my browsers (Chrome, Firefox and Safari) switched to Yahoo as my default search. Then I changed them back to Google. After a while (I guess after I rebooted the computer) again all browsers showed Yahoo again. I googled for some help I found a hint that I have to disable and remove the 'Searchme' extension. I did so. After a while (I guess after I rebooted the computer) again all browsers showed Yahoo again and the Searchme extension showed up again. And still Searchme is there—I took a screenshot http://imgur.com/OsH9o0m http://imgur.com/OsH9o0m EDIT: Why the downvotes?

bhayden 12y ago
uTorrent is pretty terrible these days, I steer everyone away from it.
- danw3 12y ago
  And in what direction do you steer them?
  - nullren 12y ago
    transmission
    - EC1 12y ago
      +1 for transmission, great app.
      - droidist2 12y ago
        The song is really good too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaN2w6rcgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaN2w6rcgk
  - perryh2 12y ago
    Deluge is a good client with a local GUI and web access
  - sireat 12y ago
    qBittorent is quite nice. Ninite offers it instead of uTorrent .Not sure why they still offer eMule though.
- gokhan 12y ago
  Or downgrade to 2.2.1 and disable updates.
isaacdl 12y ago
Yeah, that's almost certainly uTorrent's fault rather than Yahoo's.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
  Yahoo's the one paying them.
  - Retra 12y ago
    If someone else were paying them, this wouldn't be a problem?
    - GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
      If someone else were paying them, we wouldn't blame yahoo.
      - Retra 12y ago
        You're the only one blaming Yahoo. If Yahoo didn't pay, then the problem would still exist. So why do you blame Yahoo?
        Untit1ed 12y ago
        I'm certainly blaming Yahoo. Paying browser hijackers isn't exactly the hallmark of a resurgent and reputable internet company.
        kibwen 12y ago
        Back when Google was paying for Chrome to be bundled with installers for Flash, the installer would silently switch your default browser to Chrome. Do you consider Google to be a reputable internet company?
clay_to_n 12y ago
"EDIT: Why the downvotes?" Just a guess, but people might find your comment totally irrelevant to the posted article.

by bonn1 12y ago

bhayden 12y ago

uTorrent is pretty terrible these days, I steer everyone away from it.

danw3 12y ago
And in what direction do you steer them?
- nullren 12y ago
  transmission
  - EC1 12y ago
    +1 for transmission, great app.
    - droidist2 12y ago
      The song is really good too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaN2w6rcgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaN2w6rcgk
- perryh2 12y ago
  Deluge is a good client with a local GUI and web access
- sireat 12y ago
  qBittorent is quite nice. Ninite offers it instead of uTorrent .Not sure why they still offer eMule though.
gokhan 12y ago
Or downgrade to 2.2.1 and disable updates.

isaacdl 12y ago

Yeah, that's almost certainly uTorrent's fault rather than Yahoo's.

GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
Yahoo's the one paying them.
- Retra 12y ago
  If someone else were paying them, this wouldn't be a problem?
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
    If someone else were paying them, we wouldn't blame yahoo.
    - Retra 12y ago
      You're the only one blaming Yahoo. If Yahoo didn't pay, then the problem would still exist. So why do you blame Yahoo?
      - Untit1ed 12y ago
        I'm certainly blaming Yahoo. Paying browser hijackers isn't exactly the hallmark of a resurgent and reputable internet company.
        kibwen 12y ago
        Back when Google was paying for Chrome to be bundled with installers for Flash, the installer would silently switch your default browser to Chrome. Do you consider Google to be a reputable internet company?

clay_to_n 12y ago

"EDIT: Why the downvotes?" Just a guess, but people might find your comment totally irrelevant to the posted article.