Have you noticed that more and more software comes with free Yahoo Tool Bar for your web browser? Indeed it seems that every third software vendor offers the tool bar from Yahoo and when you un-click the pre-checked box it will not load. But what you do not know is that when you have automatic updates often the Tool Bar from Yahoo, automatically loads itself?

I am sorry but that is called Trickery, it is deceptive and dishonest. Personally I have nothing against Yahoo as a search engine, they do a good job. But, I do not like the tool bar configuration defaults, with "online dating” and "shopping” as if I need to get a date and was that hard up I would have already figured that one out and if I need to go shopping then I know where to go on the Internet.

One example of this Trickery is with Adobe Acrobat, although this is hardly the only software out there with the "free Yahoo Tool Bar” update. Obviously Yahoo is making

deals with these companies in trade or kind or cash, but to use trickery for automatic updates means you are perpetually having to remove the tool bar, that takes time and time is money. Additionally once you un-check the box, it means you do not want it, therefore for it to keep attempting to re-install itself is Tool Bar Trickery and it is deceptive and dishonest. Consider this in 2006.

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