FOXIT Problem

deanj20

deanj20

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This was originally posted by my friend nihil @ antionline.com. Thought I'd share it with the Computer Forum community. See the original thread here.
Hi,

As many of you already know FOXIT is a .pdf file reader.

I got a heads up today to update it, which I did..............using my normal method of downloading the file then launching it.

It wanted to know if it could change my search browser to ask.com and add some toolbar and some other crap.

Now, the defaults appeared to be yes, given that the defaults were green ticks.......so I unchecked them.

Then, about a half-hour later one of my "system policemen" pops up and says "this ask.com thing wants to update itself"

What is it about "NO" that FOXIT does not understand.........???????????????

I now regard it as crapware, scumware and top of my DOS (delete on sight) list.

If you have stock:

Opinion: Strong sell (whilst some mug will buy it?)
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I'm changing pdf viewers. :D
 
Adobe is friggin' bloated. Those of us who do not have newer computers cannot afford to waste precious memory resources on an application whose only intended use is to read a friggin' pdf file.

I used to like Adobe Reader waaay back in the day. I guess I could download an older version - surely it wouldn't be exploited since I only view pdf files I trust??? :P
 
Foxit has been my choice for years now so when I get home tonight I'll check it out. Thanks for the heads up. :good:
 
I thought I'd download and install it on my computer at work, I unticked everything and all the indications pointed to no toolbars. Fine I thought so I had a look in the registry and it still installed "AskInstallChecker.exe" :mad: Needless to say I completely uninstalled it at work and I'll skip the update on my home comp.
BTW the Foxit forum says it will be removed on the next version.

 
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