http://www.thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/2009/10/08/unwanted-software-offers-%e2%80%93-1/ Behind the screen you hear the clatter of dice. The Dungeon Master begins to laugh. What do you do? Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/2009/10/08/unwanted-software-offers-%e2%80%93-1/comment-page-1/#comment-896 DungeonMaster Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:18:20 +0000 http://www.thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/?p=418#comment-896 I noticed the "Powered by ..." too. But since I didn't have any plans of installing it on any systems other than the one I had to for work, I didn't think much of it. It's really unfortunate that many companies think that I need to have their crap or their "carefully selected partner's" crap marketed to me at every turn. I noticed the “Powered by …” too. But since I didn’t have any plans of installing it on any systems other than the one I had to for work, I didn’t think much of it. It’s really unfortunate that many companies think that I need to have their crap or their “carefully selected partner’s” crap marketed to me at every turn.

]]> http://www.thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/2009/10/08/unwanted-software-offers-%e2%80%93-1/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Anonymous Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:15:46 +0000 http://www.thelaughingdm.com/wordpress/?p=418#comment-883 Just installed WinSCP and was disgusted to see this too. But it looks like it isn't for WeFi specifically. The "Powered by OpenCandy" isn't for WeFi, it's for the executable advertising page in general. The installer sends your OS, language, IP to the OpenCandy servers which then picks an advertiser's installer to offer you. Just installed WinSCP and was disgusted to see this too. But it looks like it isn’t for WeFi specifically. The “Powered by OpenCandy” isn’t for WeFi, it’s for the executable advertising page in general. The installer sends your OS, language, IP to the OpenCandy servers which then picks an advertiser’s installer to offer you.

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