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Google Chrome Bastards

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  • 26-06-2011 7:33am
    #1
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭


    They finally got me... It was an innocuous update of Real Player that did it.

    I'm usually very careful about Real updates as they have a habit of infecting your PC with all sorts of Mal-ware. But this time they managed to slip a copy of Google Chrome onto my work PC without me noticing.

    This makes me very angry, not just with Real, but with Google. I choose not to install your software, not only that, but I have to avoid installing it on a regular basis & you still manage to infect my computer with it...

    Well Google...

    **** YOU!!!


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    #2
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    I quite like google chrome


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    #3
    angel01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,030 ✭✭✭angel01


    I installed Chrome and I love it. Much better and faster than any other browser. I have uninstalled firefox and I think Chrome beats it hands down :D


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    #4
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    angel01 wrote: »
    I installed Chrome and I love it. Much better and faster than any other browser. I have uninstalled firefox and I think Chrome beats it hands down :D

    I'm not debating the merits of one browser over another. I'm just really astonished and pissed off at the lengths they will go to to install software maliciously on my hardware. I have a choice & I choose not to install Chrome.


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    #5
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Holy ****!!!

    I just clicked a link from an email & it opened in Chrome. I just uninstalled this **** 30 minutes ago...


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    #6
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Why in the f'ck are you using real player? You should be avoiding it not chrome!

    And Yahoo are way worse for bundling **** than google.


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    #7
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Real Player?? What is this, 1998?


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    #8
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Did it come with your netscape navigator download?


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    #9
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Real player still exists? I thought even RTE had dropped that monstrosity?

    While I'm still a Firefox user, Chrome is excellent. Bad form on the stealth install tho.


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    #10
    old_aussie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Yeah, google is so desperate that they will try anything to sneak one past you. Bastards

    The option should be for the user to tick the install google chrome /google toolbar box, NOT have it ticked for you.


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    #11
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Anyway just reset your default browser by going to the preferences of said browser.
    Then uninstall Chrome.


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    #12
    roast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭roast


    Its in Googles best interest to get their software bundled with as much other software as they can, obviously for marketing purposes. Once the agreement is signed, its up to the distributor (Real) as to how they package it with their software.

    Its Realplayer you should be pissed at, if you must be pissed at something. I'm surprised you're even using that. Its a waste of space, poorly coded, resource heavy and badly optimized.


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    #13
    Fluffy88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Fluffy88


    Shame on you for not reading what each option was :P

    Google are evil and plan to take over the world, heed my warning as the google troll bot will be here shortly and I will no longer be free ... run


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    #14
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Fluffy88 wrote: »
    Shame on you for not reading what each option was :P

    Google are evil and plan to take over the world, heed my warning as the google troll bot will be here shortly and I will no longer be free ... run

    I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Fluffy.
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    #15
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    Tbh, Chrome and Firefox are tearing me apart. I don't know which one to choose but I do use firefox 90% of the time. I use Chrome for adverts.ie as firefox doesn't work when trying to place ads??

    Chrome is brilliant when you want to open it quickly and find something.

    I agree with the OP though, if you don't have or want Chrome it is bundled everywhere even on adware/spyware riddled software and you will be caught sometime with it. Just use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall it.

    Isn't is better to have a good alternative browser like Chrome than having IE?


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    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    FF4 was starting to annoy me with random freezing on both Win7 and OS X (Flash related I think) and I was considering jumping to Chrome. But a fresh install of Flash and FF5 seems to have fixed all that.

    Also Flash is baked into Chrome which may be a bit of an argument against it.


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    #17
    Fluffy88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Fluffy88


    AntiRip wrote: »
    Isn't is better to have a good alternative browser like Chrome than having IE?
    IE9 isn't that bad. Having said that, my firefox has like 30 tabs that open everytime I open is for different things, so now when I am not working but just browsing I use IE9 and well I hate it, so I installed chrome last night :P

    It's too late 5supect, I have outed google at a cost of my own life now people know the truth and will rebel!!


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    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    5uspect wrote: »
    FF4 was starting to annoy me with random freezing on both Win7 and OS X (Flash related I think) and I was considering jumping to Chrome. But a fresh install of Flash and FF5 seems to have fixed all that.

    Also Flash is baked into Chrome which may be a bit of an argument against it.

    True, FF4 was getting annoying there for awhile with freezing up but FF5 seems to have fixed all that. I was surprised how FF5 came out so quickly though without the usual FF4.2,4.3,4.5 etc.


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    #19
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    AntiRip wrote: »
    True, FF4 was getting annoying there for awhile with freezing up but FF5 seems to have fixed all that. I was surprised how FF5 came out so quickly though without the usual FF4.2,4.3,4.5 etc.

    Yeah they're moving to 6 month release cycles. It's all the rage apparently.


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    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    Decided to wait till bugs with FF4 were ironed out, so any bugs with FF5 considering its been rushed released.


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    #21
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    They finally got me... It was an innocuous update of Real Player that did it.

    I'm usually very careful about Real updates as they have a habit of infecting your PC with all sorts of Mal-ware. But this time they managed to slip a copy of Google Chrome onto my work PC without me noticing.

    This makes me very angry, not just with Real, but with Google. I choose not to install your software, not only that, but I have to avoid installing it on a regular basis & you still manage to infect my computer with it...

    Well Google...

    **** YOU!!!

    In fairness its Real that did this. Its always done crap like that.

    Get Real alternative if you must.


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    #22
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    5uspect wrote: »
    Real player still exists? I thought even RTE had dropped that monstrosity?

    While I'm still a Firefox user, Chrome is excellent. Bad form on the stealth install tho.
    em, *cough* so what's a better option than real player? (i have this friend you see....)


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    #23
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    ArtSmart wrote: »
    em, *cough* so what's a better option than real player? (i have this friend you see....)

    VLC player - 17-18mb download and it'll run just about any file you throw at it..

    free open source and virtually never crashes... all you can ask for basically...

    pretty simplistic to use as well


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    #24
    RolandIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,924 ✭✭✭✭RolandIRL


    AntiRip wrote: »
    Tbh, Chrome and Firefox are tearing me apart. I don't know which one to choose but I do use firefox 90% of the time. I use Chrome for adverts.ie as firefox doesn't work when trying to place ads??
    Adblock installed? follow these instructions. had the same problem myself.


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    #25
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Real Player?? What is this, 1998?

    Buffering please wait.....


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    #26
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    That they dropped the very handy 'close all tabs opened by this tab' option and got rid of the go button annoyed me since I moved to Chrome.

    It would be nice if you could hit Alt and use the keyboard you can with Firefox.


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    #27
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Real always annoyed me. If I need to access some RM files I used to use "Real alternative", these days I just don't bother with something that uses such an annoying format.


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    #28
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    If you like Chrome, but not the Google shít, just use Chromium. It may not be an "official" release but it works well enough on my netbook where FF has let me down.


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    #29
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,977 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I use chrome.





    If only to differentiate my normal browsing from my porn browsing, but yeah I use it.


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    #30
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,056 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Google get enough information from my searches without me giving them my entire browsing history via Chrome. So, Chrome? No thanks.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #31
    abelard
    Registered Users Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    AntiRip wrote: »
    Tbh, Chrome and Firefox are tearing me apart.

    tumblr_llpjk4Tc6c1qc4r31.jpg

    :pac:


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