Comments on: Java 6 Plus Yahoo Toolbar

By: Designer

Designer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:42:13 +0000

So this Java icon was sitting red in my notification area for a few days already. Finally I click it, I go through the install process by going “next > next > Next” and the next thing I know I got this god damned yahoo search bar. I’d expect this type of behavior from software by small crappy vendors and not SUN.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:01:42 +0000

Exactly this morning I updated Java 6 Update 13 and I got Yahoo crapware. I didn’t think Sun would associate with Yahoo to sell their crap.
At least Java provides a way to uninstall it.
http://java.com/en/download/help/yahoo_toolbar_uninstall.xml

By: Chaz

Chaz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:40:19 +0000

AHH yes i did this too just clicked it before i really looked and got this tool bar i did not want.
i dont care if its good or not. i refuse to use it out of principal.
I think AOL is the worst offender of this sort of behavior.
they install prose’s that stay running all the time no matter what. even if your not on the app.
and! if you try to end the proses it will restart it. i will never use AOL again. its spy ware.

ANYWAY! just go to “tools” then “Add-ons” you can uninstall it there if you want too.

By: shawn

shawn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:48:40 +0000

I downloaded Java today, clicke the button and went to cook dinner. When I came back, I had a Yahoo toolbar installed. don’t want it and will have to uninstall Java and reinstall being careful what buttons I click. I’m not a savvy as the other users here. Does anyone know where I got that annoying Google toolbar previously? 2 or 3 years ago, if you made the same mistake, the toolbars were listed in Add/Remove programs on the Control Panel. Now, it seems like you have to uninstall and re install. Does anyone know what I have to remove/add to get rid of the google toolbar i’ve been living with for months??

By: Ame Wagoner

Ame Wagoner — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:08:06 +0000

Yeah. I’m going to uninstall and then reinstall it without the option. It’s SO not like me to click “next” without seeing the yahoo crap selected. I was just REALLY busy today. I guess it happens to everyone at some point. I just got a new computer and there is no way I’m going to have it fill up with crap like this just because they feel like it.

To say I am annoyed is an understatement.

By: J

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:44:25 +0000

Well, I agree with all that has been said above.

But still, Java is great software and it’s still free and open source. It had to be said.

By: Fizz

Fizz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:16:42 +0000

OMG!! I could not agree more with this! It is just the most stupid thing in the world and makes me question Sun’s motives even though their CEO spends so much time “embracing” open source.

By: praveen

praveen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:48:45 +0000

Earlier Sun used to bundle google tool bar, & now Y! toolbar, nothing new.

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:04:15 +0000

> “It’s half Sun’s fault.”

It’s not “half” Sun’s fault. It is entirely Sun’s fault. And it didn’t happen by accident either. It happened deliberately because Sun agreed a distribution contract with Yahoo.

> “Basically if the Sun developer doing the bundle “forget” to uncheck the “include Yahoo toolbar”, here we are.”

No, not at all. The installation package is assembled by professional developers working on the flagship product of a leading software company; and tested by professional testers and approved by professional marketeers. There is nothing accidental going on here.

> “So, pushing software via Software installer is the “Red Line” crossed by Yahoo, not Sun.”

On the contrary. Yahoo is doing the right thing for themselves, in so far as they are promoting themselves and their products. It is Sun who are entirely in the wrong by performing stealth distribution (because it’s switched on by default) of unrelated, unnessessary, unasked for, unwanted, third party crapware as part of a “standard” upgrade.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:06:08 +0000

I find it particularly bothersome that software that “collects information about” my use (i.e. my searches, etc.) is enabled by default !!), with an assumption that “By installing this application you agree to appropriate terms of use and privacy policy”. It’s OK to say that on the shrinkwrap of something I have to remove in order to install some software, not for a pork barrel addon I did not ask for. The opt in default is very poor form. (I always kill that jusched task. Maybe I’ll publish a tool that polls for and removes it…)