Is Yahoo hijacking browsers?
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By Steve Ragan Jan 17, 2007, 19:05 GMT
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Do these corp execs realize why AOL is not popular among most people? It because of all the horrible programs that forced on thier users that add little functionality and slow down PCs. Here it looks like Yahoo is trying the same thing. Mark my words if they keep going this way users will run away from yahoo and go to Google or another. All Yahoo will have left are the few users that don't know anybody.
Yes, it's true and it really pisses me off! Yahoo, shape up.
This is exactly the reason why I do not use yahoo instant messenger or any of their other software.
It might not be shadiness. My experience with Yahoo's software is that it's just bad and buggy.
Still, I'm sure there are those at Yahoo who could live with such mistakes or shadiness.
This tactic is common with many 'free' programs. Be aware of this along with Browser Helper Objects (BHO). A BHO is a DLL (code providing specific functionality for the Windows OS and other SW applications) that can be exploited by application developers to wrest control of Internet Explorer and potentially compromise a user's privacy & security.
Anyone who deals with a Yahoo! product gets what they deserve. Everyone knows Yahoo! is run by unethical people.
I remember trying to unistall Yahoo Messenger from my friend's computer. The functions still would populate. I googled 'How to Unintall Yahoo Messenger?' I got some bloggers that tell you how to go into the code and run the application to get out of the computer. Hum took me like 40 minutes but worth it. Yahoo is becoming like spyware or something.
Yahoo as we all know are trying to maintain its popularity, but lost alot of it in the recent years too Google. W/ simple examples as 'Google It!', and its numerous services, including Maps, News, Blogs, Groups. Its a billion dollar company, where as Yahoo was known as a simple bot or spider surfing the internet, collecting information about the internet. But that isnt enough these days, you need realtime collecting of information, as something happens you need to know about it!
Yahoo has realised this, and has opened up to providing more services to its members, where as Google, most services are provided with out a membership, w/ the exception for those that are in Beta, including mail.
I'm not surprised that Yahoo has sold its self to numerous other corperations including Dell, which comes installed on Windows Operatings Systems. Within the Internet Explorer, as a tool bar. I agree that most spam software should detect its use as a 'spyware' trojan to collect information about its users.
We should also look at the fact that these search engins actually collect information about its users, from their queries, which should a violation of privacy, because I personally read 'The Years Top Search Results' garbage. However, I have not personally contacted Google about this issue as of yet, to verify this fact.
Thnanks to this article, I will not be *EVER* downloading Yahoo IM or installing any such crap on my machine.
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TaterJan 17th, 2007 - 20:03:54
It's true. My mother installed Yahoo Messenger on her computer and I had to take time out of my word day to get rid of all the accompaying rubbish and toolbars. I don't see why these yahoo programs aren't looked on the same as ordinay spyware/hijackers really. It's easier to get rid of, but just as invasive and intrusive.
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