Google's toolbar getting more obnoxious today?!

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  • d-null
    . . .
    • Apr 2007
    • 13724

    #1

    Google's toolbar getting more obnoxious today?!

    just shows you how toolbars are out of control, it seems that google's toolbar updates itself without asking and probably communicates to homebase conitnually too I wouldn't doubt


    I noticed today it got more obnoxious, with popping up 'help' balloons for great new features, and when I did a ctrl-F to do a search it has hijacked that and has a new search function in IE

    I wonder how much spyware type activity is going on with the google toolbar

    probably time to uninstall it on my main browsing browser

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  • Machete_
    WINNING!
    • Oct 2002
    • 14579

    #2
    I removed it about a month ago right after it updated itself and had the fucking GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe running in the background 24/7


    Install Microsoft Network Monitor 3, then you see exactly how often the google toolbar calls home. All the MS haters would go nuts if it was MS that did this

    The first company that designs and publish a OS toolsuite instead of pre2000 Browser toolbars, will take crossplatform interaction to a new level.

    Right now it looks like it will be MS with the "accelerate" function. But I want to see it work before I reccomend it

    Check the Alexa dev forum. There are many ideas but very little action

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    • John-ACWM
      Work Work Work
      • Nov 2008
      • 20060

      #3
      Never kept it. It's annoying!

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      • pornask
        So Fucking Banned
        • Aug 2006
        • 6518

        #4
        Google is the biggest database of people's behavior on line in the world. None of google services work if you block cookies. Your cookie has a unique identifier that collects and stores information about what you do and where you go. It's worse than facebook.

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        • hypedough
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2007
          • 3743

          #5
          Google does not approve of your statements.

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          • leek
            Confirmed User
            • May 2008
            • 342

            #6
            I, for one, welcome our pixelated Google overlords.

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            • d-null
              . . .
              • Apr 2007
              • 13724

              #7
              just went through: Tools>>Manage Add Ons>>Disable Add Ons

              and disabled all of the google stuff, and found more add ons I didn't even realize were there

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              • leek
                Confirmed User
                • May 2008
                • 342

                #8
                If you're so worried about Google...

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                • d-null
                  . . .
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 13724

                  #9
                  Originally posted by leek
                  If you're so worried about Google...
                  ...
                  that is an odd looking window you have there, is that that newbie os that MS tried to trick/foist on the masses?

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                  • leek
                    Confirmed User
                    • May 2008
                    • 342

                    #10
                    Originally posted by d-null
                    that is an odd looking window you have there, is that that newbie os that MS tried to trick/foist on the masses?
                    This coming from a guy running Internet Explorer? Go sit down.

                    I love Vista and stand by my assessment. Anyone who has issues with it just doesn't know how to use it properly.

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                    • pornask
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 6518

                      #11
                      Originally posted by leek
                      This coming from a guy running Internet Explorer? Go sit down.
                      Look at Mr.Fanboi the Clueless Faggot

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                      • d-null
                        . . .
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 13724

                        #12
                        Originally posted by leek
                        This coming from a guy running Internet Explorer? Go sit down.

                        I love Vista and stand by my assessment. Anyone who has issues with it just doesn't know how to use it properly.


                        I run IE, Firefox, and SeaMonkey

                        sometimes we are 'forced' to deal with Microsoft, but if given the choice between XP and Vista I take XP (and I have both running on different computers, still use my older XP machine more)


                        anyways this has gone off topic, the only reason I posted about your OS was because your post wrongly assumed that Vista had anything to do with the problem in this thread

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                        • SmokeyTheBear
                          ►SouthOfHeaven
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 28609

                          #13
                          Originally posted by leek
                          If you're so worried about Google...

                          even with that unchecked they still contact homebase
                          hatisblack at yahoo.com

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                          • HorseShit
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Dec 2004
                            • 17513

                            #14
                            why the hell would you want to run that?

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                            • leek
                              Confirmed User
                              • May 2008
                              • 342

                              #15
                              Originally posted by pornask
                              Look at Mr.Fanboi the Clueless Faggot
                              Fanboy? Hardly... I have Synergy running here with Vista on left and Gentoo on the right.

                              Originally posted by d-null
                              anyways this has gone off topic, the only reason I posted about your OS was because your post wrongly assumed that Vista had anything to do with the problem in this thread
                              Are you serious? You must be reading a different thread. I believe you were the first to mention anything about an operating system. Mine was the one with the Google toolbar option circled.

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