28 August 2006
More trouble for AOL
To make the current situation worse for AOL, the new version of their software is considered badware by stopbadware.org.
The reason behind this status is that it installs additional software without letting the user know. It also forces the user to add components to Internet Explorer and a taskbar without actually telling the user what it's installing. The software has an automatic update that doesn't give the user the chance to know or control when it happens. Lastly, when a user tries to uninstall this software, it does not completely uninstall.
If I remember right, in the early days of AOL, when you tried to switch away from AOL to another ISP there were some problems for similar reasons and the dialer for AOL always wanted to come up until you did a lot of extra work to remove it.
For a full report on the issue go to stopbadware.org and read their report.
The reason behind this status is that it installs additional software without letting the user know. It also forces the user to add components to Internet Explorer and a taskbar without actually telling the user what it's installing. The software has an automatic update that doesn't give the user the chance to know or control when it happens. Lastly, when a user tries to uninstall this software, it does not completely uninstall.
If I remember right, in the early days of AOL, when you tried to switch away from AOL to another ISP there were some problems for similar reasons and the dialer for AOL always wanted to come up until you did a lot of extra work to remove it.
For a full report on the issue go to stopbadware.org and read their report.
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