ADBLOCK BEHAVING OFFENSIVELY
Dear AdBlock,
I gather from the cheesy statement that appeared on a tab in Opera that somehow AdBlock has been downloaded onto my computer - always assuming that what has been downloaded is your product and not something masquerading under its name ... now why would your motherhood and apple pie company want to place itself in the same category or rather a much worse category than those programmes which your programme is designed to guard against - not merely a pop-up but one that has without my permission downloaded and installed the programme. Now I am happy to believe that AdBlock is an excellent product but downloading it into my computer and then asking me for money is probably a criminal act in most jurisdictions - and you don't even offer me a way to remove it unless I spend time fooling around with your website - a website which for me is of unknown reputation and possibly virus infecting.
If you know that your programme is being downloaded with something else you ought to be sure of securing a positive permission - somebody else will sue you out of the principle of the thing, I merely write you an email and hope to uninstall it now that I have found the instructions - to uninstall it on principle because I object to your behaviour, which includes not having an uninstall button ready on the page that appeared after you illegally downloaded material into my computer ( which in the UK is probably a case of trespass.)
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1 Posted by Kieran on 25 Aug, 2014 03:57 PM
As far as we know, AdBlock does not come preinstalled with certain apps. We
have not made any agrrements of this kind.
We have heard stories of computer repair / support people who have told us
that they install AdBlock on people's computers, but we do not knowingly
bundle it with other software. Are you sure you didn't click on the "Add to
Opera" button on the Opera addons website, or at the http://getadblock.com
website?
2 Posted by palant.is.unacc... on 08 Sep, 2014 10:30 AM
Would now be a good time to discuss the folly of using the interweb as a user with admin privileges on your system?
How?
Taking the money without consent would be the crime. That is not much unlike what 3rd party web ads do: rape your privacy to profit someone not-you.
How do you typically remove interweb browser extensions?
That smacks of Open Candy Malware.
What would be their standing? What would be the claimed specific injury?
You have conflated downloading with installing.
In the UK interweb search: remove browser extensions
and specify which interweb browser you use: IE, opera, firefox, chromium...
You are likely to find numerous videos with hand-holding instructions. :)
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SHOUTING