Re: MSN Toolbar

From: Michael Pelletier (mjpelletier_at_mjpelletier.com)
Date: 04/27/05 

Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:39:24 -0700

winged wrote:

> Jim Watt wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:19:07 -0400, "Nog" <nognog@adelphia.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>msntb.dll or MSN Toolbar is listed as a parasite by System Spyware
>>>Interrogator. Should I uninstall it and clean the registry of it?
>>
>>
>> Addon toolbars are things you are most likely better off without
>> so away with them all.
>>
>> The option 'disable third party extentions is a good one' in
>> advanced settings on IE6
>> --
>> Jim Watt
>> http://www.gibnet.com
>
> I agree. Seldom does what they provide "improve" your experience. I
> have never met a toolbar I liked from a spyware perspective that came
> from the net, this includes MSN, Yahoo, etc. The programmatic
> functionality could be useful for several things but I haven't seen any
> free ones of that genre. Sounds like I need to program one ;-)
>
> From a security perspective, typically the more add-ons/plug-ins you
> use, the wider potential you leave for exploit, and the more likely that
> the vendors patches will break things (though MS probably tests that
> one;-) While some plug-ins can aid security (some firefox extensions for
> example) I have found little value added in using them, though I have
> found (for example) the dragonware reading toolbar useful, but that was
> from a commercial product.
>
>
> Winged

..not to meantion every time a friend calls you because they have a spyware
problem and they want you to fix it you discover they have multiple
"toolbars"...Coincidence? Maybe, Maybe not :-)

:-) 

-- 
"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems." -
Linus Torvald