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Hey!!! by marcell on 09-11-2004 at 09:45 AM
Hey, I've got a spyware program!
Mnjul edit: Please do not swear or you may be banned.
RE: Hey!!! by user27089 on 09-11-2004 at 09:55 AM
this isn't a bug at all, you accepted the sponsor program, which means it installs it to internet explorer, its your fault you accepted it... just uninstall plus, then reinstall, when you get to this screen.
![[Image: mp3_sponsoroption.png]](http://shoutbox.menthix.net/images/mp3_sponsoroption.png)
choose 'I refuse, do not install the sponsor program', it will still install plus..
RE: Hey!!! by lopardo on 09-11-2004 at 10:00 AM
BTW, it's not spyware, it's just an optional sponsor program.
Check How to uninstall ad-ware/sponsor for more information.
RE: RE: Hey!!! by Fredzz on 09-11-2004 at 04:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
you accepted the sponsor program, which means it installs it to internet explorer...
how many people accept it without looking at it.. normally because for instalation of some kind of program,they must agree with the agreement text...
I think the "I refuse" should be on default..
RE: Hey!!! by lopardo on 09-11-2004 at 06:42 PM
Nothing is checked by default there... The only thing I don't like, is that it looks like a license agreement so it confuses people easily. "I accept" and "I refuse" should be removed...
RE: Hey!!! by user27089 on 09-11-2004 at 09:11 PM
quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
Nothing is checked by default there... The only thing I don't like, is that it looks like a license agreement so it confuses people easily. "I accept" and "I refuse" should be removed...
I agree, patchou should have a popup come up so it stays for thirty seconds, and says
quote:
Originally posted by my amazing popup
THIS NEXT BOX IS AN AGREEMENT FOR A SPONSOR PROGRAM, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT, SIMPLY PRESS I REFUSE, DO NOT INSTALL THE SPONSOR PROGRAM, AND THE INSTALLATION WILL STILL CONTINUE
or something like, this is a sponsor program, install so i can get money, then look on http://shoutbox.menthix.net and make one more thread that will annoy everybody, don't press the search button, cause that will help you, and you want to take the hard annoying way for others ¬_¬
RE: Hey!!! by Tochjo on 09-11-2004 at 09:15 PM
I strongly disagree.
The sponsor program has been put in the program to help Patchou make some money. Many people now don't complain and install it anyway - really, not even one complain a day is very good for hundreds of thousands of installs a month. Making the default option not installing would be like saying "Well, this is here to help Patchou, but why would you do that? Just click Next without reading it at all" - and that is not what we want at all.
Traxor, your idea will scare users off, and that's not what should happen. Besides, we should not be encouraging them not reading agreements. If you need to sign a contract, you read it first. If you install a computer program, you should also read it first. Otherwise, you are the one who has to accept the consequences.
RE: Hey!!! by user27089 on 09-11-2004 at 09:21 PM
quote:really
Originally posted by Tochjo
Traxor, your idea will scare users off, and that's not what should happen. Besides, we should not be encouraging them not reading agreements. If you need to sign a contract, you read it first. If you install a computer program, you should also read it first. Otherwise, you are the one who has to accept the consequences.
* user27089 isn't being sarcastic...
well yeah, maybe what I said is stupid, I got carried away, i'm excited.... not in the dirty way
....Well yeah, just leave it as it is, it amuses me how people don't read anything at all, and are just click happy, thinking they're all good cause they can press the mouse button 600 times per minute.. yeah patch, make money... i can do maths...
2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....
£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...
RE: Hey!!! by Millenium_edition on 09-11-2004 at 09:29 PM
quote:imagine the number when 3.10 will be out...
Originally posted by traxor
2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....
£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...
RE: Hey!!! by user27089 on 09-11-2004 at 09:34 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Millenium_edition
quote:imagine the number when 3.10 will be out...
Originally posted by traxor
2p per sponsor program...
30 days in a month...
1.000.000 downloads a month
around 2/3 accept the sponsor program..
umm... 666,666 people accept it...
1,333,332p a month....
£133,333.02 a month.... thats scary...
* user27089 imagines msn messenger
RE: Hey!!! by lopardo on 09-11-2004 at 11:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Tochjo
I strongly disagree.
The sponsor program has been put in the program to help Patchou make some money. Many people now don't complain and install it anyway - really, not even one complain a day is very good for hundreds of thousands of installs a month. Making the default option not installing would be like saying "Well, this is here to help Patchou, but why would you do that? Just click Next without reading it at all" - and that is not what we want at all.
Traxor, your idea will scare users off, and that's not what should happen. Besides, we should not be encouraging them not reading agreements. If you need to sign a contract, you read it first. If you install a computer program, you should also read it first. Otherwise, you are the one who has to accept the consequences.
I disagree with anything selected by default too. But I think that window should be more clear. It should be divided in two screens to avoid confusion: one would ask "Would you like to install the sponsor program?" and explain that it's for helping Patchou, then, if you select "Yes" and click "Next", it would display the agreement.
And it's not encouraging people not reading agreements, many people don't read a message box at all, so that won't teach them...
* lopardo tries to remember where is that article about people not reading messages...