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Originally Posted by Tyfon
This webpage will, without asking, attempt to install a quicktime app called qttask.exe which places a QT logo in your system tray - there is no uninstall or quit option with this app and no access to preferences to disable it. It does not appear in the add or remove programs list. I had to:
1) stop the process qttask.exe with task manager.
2) delete the folder c:/program files/quicktime (YMMV as to location - search for qttask.exe)
3) manually remove all keys to qttask using regedit (searched for qttask.exe and removed entire apple key along with two other keys, on in the local machine's run on startup area - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run) Needless to say editing the registry is not for the novices.
It makes me sick that Crapple produce this kind of underhanded shit and resort to spyware techniques to sneak it past users!
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Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure not to pass the URL on to others (without the accompanying warning). I opened it with my Linux PC, so if it was trying to install something, it failed rather miserably. Fortunately, there is no such thing as a registery (nor a directory c:/program files) on a Linux PC.
Sometimes there can be advantages of being a little bit different from the crowd.