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Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Postby augie » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:05 pm

The pox on these people! Aaaarrrggghh!!! I didn't notice until the end of the update that the toolbar was installed! I guess I was too click happy and didn't read every little thing! :-x
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Re: Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Postby yeshuas » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:07 pm

augie wrote:The pox on these people! Aaaarrrggghh!!! I didn't notice until the end of the update that the toolbar was installed! I guess I was too click happy and didn't read every little thing! :-x

You can uninstall it at least
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Re: Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Postby rippinchikkin » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:14 pm

HA, I noticed that this morning when I booted up.... :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x
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Re: Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Postby augie » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:18 pm

yeshuas wrote:
augie wrote:The pox on these people! Aaaarrrggghh!!! I didn't notice until the end of the update that the toolbar was installed! I guess I was too click happy and didn't read every little thing! :-x

You can uninstall it at least


Ya, I know that. I just thought Java was better than that. It just disappoints me.
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Re: Yahoo Toolbar Included with Java Update

Postby NT50 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:48 pm

uhhhhh

Java update includes one of the following all the time.
Google Toolbar
Yahoo Toolbar
MSN Toolbar
OpenOffice Installer

That's the ones I can think of at the time.
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