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Bing.com??

Does anyone have this crap on their computer? I now have Bing for some reason even though I did not ask for it. Is it something unique to Colombia? Be careful because it has really messed up my computer and infected several of my Word files. If anyone knows how to get rid of it I would appreciate some help. I understand it is part of MSN, but I never authorized them to do anything. (not that it matters around here). It really sucks big time...at least for me.

any ideas?

By Rikito on Aug 17, 2009, 10:53 in Friendly Talkzone.

Elmin says on Aug 17, 2009, 11:05:

"I never authorized them to do anything." you probably have, somewhere hidden away in t.o.s getting msn or whatever.
Its Microsoft's way of gaining a share of the search market... making it as hard as possible to get rid off it.

do you use firefox?

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ratbag says on Aug 17, 2009, 11:10:

hey Elmin, i'm going to be in Hooters later. want to drop in for a quiet one?

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Elmin says on Aug 17, 2009, 11:14:

1 beer with you was enough for this month...

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perfectstranger says on Aug 17, 2009, 12:41:

This bing thing is annoying

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Rikito says on Aug 17, 2009, 13:38:

ok...but here must be a way of uninstalling. this reminds me of some of the crap the U.S. government does. They do this stuff becasue they can. I have sent eamils to MSN and all I get in return is an FAQ message that says nothing. Elmin...what do I do. I can't shoot them or their dog.

...and so it goes

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Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Aug 17, 2009, 15:11:

I had a very annoying problem from Windows claiming I did not have a valid copy of the OS, ( I did) so I did a google search to remove WGA and got a program that did the job . You might try that

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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Mononoke28 says on Aug 17, 2009, 15:36:

I tried using bing once and it suuuuuuuucked. Way too basic and not up to par really. But no, they didn't secretly install it in my computer.

Diana

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sloopskipper says on Aug 17, 2009, 15:44:

Rikito, you don't really have to shoot anybody, or their dog.

Take a look at http://www.nanochromicdisplays.com/how-to-uninstall-bing-and-make-goog...

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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aztec says on Aug 17, 2009, 15:46:

Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, MSN Search) is the current web search engine (advertised as a "decision engine") from Microsoft.

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winsurfer says on Aug 17, 2009, 17:04:

I think I would like to collaborate with azunoman on a colombian search engine to replace bing. Maybe we could call in boink...

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