Is It A Good Idea To Download Intelligent Explorer?

Submitted: Mani 24 August, 2009

Be careful; be very careful about the programs you download! Recently, I mistakenly downloaded what I thought was an Explorer upgrade option. However, it turned out to be a pop-up that was not legitimate. What was uploaded to my computer, was a product called Intelligent Explorer. A real nightmare!

Note: The company, IBC Incorporated, is incorporated in Belize.

After some research on the web about Intelligent Explorer, and found several informative articles; specifically this one from a BullGuard Antivirus Forum:

“PLEASE HELP! I HAVE A SPYWARE, TROJAN, AND HIJACKER ON MY COMPUTER! I’VE RUN BULLGUARD, CWSHREDDER, AND AD-AWARE. EVERYONE HAS PICKED UP THE VIRUS, AND SAID THEY WERE MOVED / REMOVED. BUT, WHEN I LOG ONTO THE INTERNET, THAT DAMN INTELLIGENT EXPLORER TOOLBAR IS SHOWING!”

Another message from a spywareinfo forum read something like this:

“Hey I’m having issues with something called Internet Explorer Toolbar aka Intelligent Explorer. I can’t find a way to remove it from my computer, and I really don’t want to reinstall Windows. I’ve used Spybot, Ad-ware, and CW Shredder, but nothing seems to work.”

Intelligent Explorer appears to allow other software to be downloaded to your computer, and this is where the problem begins. What’s even more remarkable, is that when you download Intelligent Explorer, their license grants them the right to install software add-ins on your computer, at will. Take a look at an excerpt from the software license for Intelligent Explorer says:

“You grant to us the right, exercisable by us until you uninstall the Software or this agreement is otherwise terminated, to provide to you the Service of downloading and causing to be displayed advertising material on your computer, through ‘pop-up’ or other display while you use your browser. You acknowledge and agree that installation of the Software may automatically modify toolbars and other settings of your browser. By installing the Software you agree to such modifications.”

One end user found highly objectionable pop-up advertisements generated by this software bundled with Intelligent Explorer in the form of extreme pornography.

As of this writing, I have yet to break this agreement or get rid of Intelligent Explorer!

Intelligent Explorer is a plug-in, which can create a new home page, as well as start up an endless loop of pop-ups. You can remove the view bar, but when you start up Internet Explorer, it reappears. I asked some friends to help, but no one could tell me what to do. download

Finally, this is what I did:

I bought a copy of a program called XoftSpy, and it removed the software. It took two scans, and a reboot to get the job done. Note: This is not an advertisement for this product. They advertised it was free, which was to run, but then I had to actually buy the program before anything could be fixed. It cost me $40, and perhaps that there are freeware products out there as well. But, this product did, finally, end the nightmare. Other spyware products are available, such as, Spybot, NoAdware, Spyware Eliminator, Pal Spyware Remover, and Spyware C.O.P. pop-up

Let the buyer beware!

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