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gallothrix
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Why am I getting 20 popups taking over my browser when i try and launch the game? This is a fresh install and i was forced to use arc. I don't want to use arc, but I guess choice is not something i get to have as a customer here. If I have to use arc, I do not want the popups. How do I make them go away?
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However, if you wish to avoid Arc and the background monitoring they are doing on you, you can swap arc for Steam.
Even with a clean install, you still have a chance to get a bunch of adware. How? Well, just go to java.com and install Java on your computer (necessary for a bunch of programs), there's an option which ask you if you want to install some toolbar or anything.
Most people click yes without even reading. And that's how you get adware.
I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
ive never had problems with launchers before and i force this "backend" to work with firefox as i have no trace of IE on my system. its the first thing i delete after a fresh install. i will not keep that security risk on the computer.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Basic IE elements when you install the game...
-snicker-
Yeah, you go right on believing that "deleting" IE does anything besides make you think you did something you didn't really do. It doesn't work that way. It's a bit like taking the "Mustang" badges off a Mustang and thinking that means it's not a Mustang any more. :rolleyes:
Sounds to me like you that your computer is bugged and it's not ARC that was the cause.
This past Mothers Day a spent the better part of 5 hours trying to clean out my in-laws computer that kept opening 5 or 6 windows whenever you tried to browse the internet.
They had a Norton Suite on the system (that I was guessing was a fake) that kept telling them that the system was all clean.
Lucky for them I had installed malwarebytes on their computer about 6 months back.
I was able to update the copy of malwarebytes and run a quick scan of the system and it found a whopping 831 bugs and known malware on the system among them something called Torcho that completely took over the internet browsers once it had been discovered.
I was able to clean the bugs and malware out but the system was unable to connect to the internet after and I told them the best thing for them to do would be a complete wipe and rebuild of the system.
My in-laws chose not to follow my advice and decided to have a tech they hired to come and look at the system this past Monday and the tech found even more bugs and malware on the system.
The system was declared unsafe for repair and a complete wipe and rebuild was performed
The only difference between me and the tech is I walked out of my in-laws home with a bruised ego and the Tech walked out with $175.00 :P
well arrogance i guess isnt lacking these days, so you can have it. lemme know when you come off your supposed high horse.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Not possible, IE shares core integration elements with the shell.... you cannot remove all traces of it. you can remove its icons and use as a default browser and even its component from program files, but core interoperability parts of it in fact will still be there.
Last week when they posted about the new escort and the site was "down" for some of us, I didn't just get the error page but clicking anything related to PWE - the site and just he hyper link in the dev post - caused my browser to crash. There are IMO issues with PWE. Maybe related to java.
Also the Free Zen stuff are well known internet scams, so I really wouldn't put it past them to add spam pop ups to ARC or them using an unsafe version of java. Most malware these days is using java to infect you. You don't have to click or download anything.