Tired of unchecking unrelated offers while installing software ?

[tonschuh 3]

Hi alls,

New, i think.

Tired of unchecking unrelated offers while installing software?

Have you ever felt, while installing software, that the installer tries to push additional unwanted programs at all cost? Ever missed a checkbox, and spent hours afterwards removing adware? Ever opened your browser after an installation, only to find out that you have a new homepage, a new search engine, or even a new browser?

Unchecky aims to keep potentially unwanted programs out of your computer.

Introducing Unchecky!

Keeps your checkboxes clear.

-Unchecks

Unchecky automatically unchecks unrelated offers, both saving you mouse clicks and making it less likely to miss a checkbox of an unwanted offer.

-Warns

Installers often try to sneak additional programs as a natural part of the installation. Unchecky warns you when you try to accept a potentially unwanted offer, which makes it less likely to be accepted accidentally.

-Updates automatically

Install and forget. Unchecky automatically updates whenever a new version is available, so you don't have to worry about running the latest version.

Home: Click

Why will you need this ?

To prevent things like this from happening:

http://www.scapegoatmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/too_many_toolbars.jpg (167 kB)

... not for us, but for the In-Law's and / or other not so geeky computer users.

;)

[negah 26]

Oh the good old Internet Explorer (aka Internet Extroller). The best browser to download better browsers.

Fun aside, I have had this issues with additional software years ago, but since then I never use the so called "Recommended" installation settings, since I want to see and change this damned settings and want to have some control over the installation process.

[tonschuh 3]

Oh the good old Internet Explorer (aka Internet Extroller). The best browser to download better browsers.

Fun aside, I have had this issues with additional software years ago, but since then I never use the so called "Recommended" installation settings, since I want to see and change this damned settings and want to have some control over the installation process.

Yeah, custom-install is the way to go, but some apps are really bad and it happened to me at least a couple times as well, that I just clicked a bit too fast "next".

:)