Moderators hazelnut Posted June 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 11, 2015 http://www.cso.com.au/article/577254/microsoft-good-deed-day-browser-hijacking-ask-toolbar-gets-banhammer-windows/ You know it, I know it, Wikipedia knows it, and now Windows knows it: the Ask Toolbar is a bad thing that nobody wants on their PC. The next time the Ask Toolbar tries to sneak onto your computer it will be marked as "unwanted software" (that's a nice way of saying malware) by Microsoft's security tools. Microsoft previously warned it would take action against software that tries to prevent users from changing their browser's default search engine. Microsoft's security products including Windows Defender on Windows 8 and up, and Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and Vista can now detect and remove the toolbar. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Hazelnut, after all these years, today is the first time I found out your sheep avatar is a .gif file. It moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 nice to read about this Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It was about time. I don't know why most av companies aren't flagging at least all those crappy "software". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 12, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) I don't know why most av companies aren't flagging at least all those crappy "software". Maybe others will follow Microsoft's lead. Hopefully they add in the removal of it via Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool ("MRT") since it's updated monthly and that way it will remove that rubbish even if someone doesn't use a Microsoft branded antivirus product. Edit: I've had killbits set in place for Ask.com Toolbar for years. Edited June 12, 2015 by Andavari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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