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by crscompserv

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Ladies and Gents,
I think that, as computer gurus, we have a responsibility to eachother to report about the software packages we download from TR and give an analysis of their performance in our experience. We MUST report malware(s) when we find them!

As such, I issue my first warning. DO NOT download "Smart Toolbar Remover 2.0 (Windows)". It will install a second program link your not asked about. While this may be a "power marketing" ploy of www.smartpctools.com, it is irresponsible and unethical of them. To do so is hacker-like behavior.

They may use the excuse that it's "just a link", I'm here to tell you that it totally crashed my computer. When I used cntrl-alt-delete to stop it, it crashed my Windows Explorer and DID NOT want to die! Now I have to figure out what else it installed...

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by nicknielsen

The Feedback tag flags TR staff that there is a problem. They will check it out and fix it if they can.

Include the link you used to download. Did you download from TR, from a link on TR that took you to cnet.com, or from a link in a user post?

by crscompserv

LOL, fortunately, good quality quality freeware, like Emsisoft's A-Squared, and Revo Uninstaller, saved me from having to restore. C-Cleaner from Piriform also cleaned up the registry afterwards.

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