Party Poker Button on Internet Explorer, can you say Invasive ! ! !

[astroglide]

it is a [censored] bookmark. applications install them all the time. it can be deleted with 3 mouse clicks

[David Steele]

You don't want guest users to log into your account.

This is pretty bad.

D.

[daryn]

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Sure its a small thing. Just a button and menu option. Or is it?


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yes, it is!

[JDErickson]

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yes, it is!

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Ok. Heres is 1 of the 3 Windows Registry entries that were installed on your computer without you knowing.

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}]
"Default Visible"="Yes"
"ButtonText"="PartyPoker.com"
"MenuText"="PartyPoker.com"
"MenuStatusBar"="Start PartyPoker.com"
"HotIcon"="c:\\program files\\partypoker\\images\\pp_browser.ico"
"Icon"="c:\\program files\\partypoker\\images\\pp_browser.ico"
"CLSID"="{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}"
"ClsidExtension"="{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}"


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Here are the other 2

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}]
@="IECmdExecute Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}\InprocServer32]
@="c:\\program files\\partypoker\\IEExtension.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}\ProgID]
@="IEExtension.IECmdExecute.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}\TypeLib]
@="{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="IEExtension.IECmdExecute"


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}\1.0]
@="IEExtension 1.0 Type Library"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}\1.0\0]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}\1.0\0\win32]
@="c:\\program files\\partypoker\\IEExtension.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}\1.0\FLAGS]
@="0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{9CC7D532-A9EF-4946-8489-E91BE0F6B3FB}\1.0\HELPDIR]
@="c:\\program files\\partypoker\\"

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These are not uninstalled when you delete the button. They are there for good.

[Mike Haven]

whenever i come across things like this i always ask myself would i like the perpetrator to be shanucking my wife under my nose

ok, i know it has nothing to do with it but it kicks off my imagination and makes me forget about my humdrum life

[DanTheCardMan]

Tabbed Browsing!!! WooHoo!

http://www.mozilla.org

[Terry]

I knew how to remove it. It doesn’t even really affect me because I don’t use IE. My email to support was simply to let them know that I do not like it.

It is invasive and presumptuous, a technique I would expect from a porn site operator, not from a business where trust/credibility is an absolute necessity.

I would guess that they have hired a new programmer, and in my opinion, this sort of thing says a lot about his sense of ethics. I wouldn’t want this guy to have access to my source code, much less the freedom to modify it. A recently departed forum spammer would probably love to have him on her (non)payroll.

[JDErickson]

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it is a [censored] bookmark. applications install them all the time. it can be deleted with 3 mouse clicks

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No its not and no it can't.

Its a Toolbar Button and an entry into your Tools Menu. Big difference.

[daryn]

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they are there for good

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whatever man, my point is who really cares? that's all i gotta say, not really looking to get into a nerd-esque fight on a message board [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Jeremy'sSpoken]

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whatever man, my point is who really cares? that's all i gotta say, not really looking to get into a nerd-esque fight on a message board [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Too late you might as well put in your Lamda Lamda Lamda application today.