However, here the question everyone including myself has for IMVU:
Why? Why does Search Protect have to be included in the download packs. Why does it have to be included at all?
Everyone has pointed out time and again that Search Protect is no good and has no business being in the download packs for updates. Whether IMVU is aware of this or not, there have been times that even when someone opts out of the Toolbar/Offer from Search Protect, the files somehow still into being installed onto the hard drive. And unless the user has the mind to run a scan after installing (which let's be honest, not everyone does).
The files are there, lying dormant until something comes along and triggers them and then....
BAM!
And then ladies and gents, comes the tedious and frustrating process of having to find this “evil” piece of junk of software and deleting all of it's files from the hard drive. The comes the scanning of the entirety of the computer which depending on how much a person has on their hard drive can take anywhere from thirty minutes up to an hour. All the while, the victim of this so-called “harmless” software is cursing and yelling. Frustrated and pissed off that they even going through this.
Seriously, IMVU?