Remove PrivDog: To uninstall the adware

Mops21 · December 31, 2013, 11:48am

Hi

Comodo uses PrivDog right

Here is a Removal guide for it

http://www.chip.de/news/PrivDog-entfernen-So-deinstallieren-Sie-die-Adware_66308616.html

spywar · December 31, 2013, 12:36pm

Don’t understand german…PrivDog forum https://forums.comodo.com/privdog-pd-b303.0/

Melih · December 31, 2013, 12:39pm

what is funny is: Removing it will make your computer more of an adware

spywar · December 31, 2013, 12:48pm

“Remove PrivDog: To uninstall the adware”
that doesn’t really make sense… :o

captainsticks · December 31, 2013, 1:29pm

I moved this to the PrivDog Feedback section, I didn’t find the help guide in the link to be worthy of being placed in the Help section. ;D

Melih · December 31, 2013, 3:20pm

Removing Privdog will cause you to have
More Ads
More Trackers
More privacy breaches
More companies tracking your behaviour
and so on…

Hence…removing Privdog is more “adware” than keeping it Very funny actually!

laserfan · December 31, 2013, 4:00pm

I understand how it’s supposed to work, and tried to get it to work, but it did not so I un-installed it!

Melih · December 31, 2013, 4:18pm

oh…lets get our guys to look into why it wouldn’t work so that they can fix it for you and our community. Its important to fix these so that everyone in the community can benefit from it.

umesh · December 31, 2013, 4:33pm

Hi Laserfan,

We will appreciate if you could please provide following details:

What exactly didn’t work?
What web browser and version are you using?
From where you got PrivDog, via CIS, installed using installer available on privdog.com or received as part of Comodo Dragon?

Your feedback is valuable to improve product.

Thanks
-umesh

clockwork · January 1, 2014, 4:49am

By removing adware you get rid of it.

I dont get adware anyway. So getting this one is more than normal.

Personally i find the installer of comodo as one of the “sneakiest” by design to let you run it without getting to customize it.

laserfan · January 1, 2014, 2:28pm

Sorry I have no interest in PrivDog. Now if you wanna talk why CIS lets Windows go to Sleep/Hibernate in the middle of a scan or something, or why you ditched Comodo Programs Manager, you have my interest.

Melih · January 1, 2014, 6:17pm

Adware: provides ads…
removing privdog gives you more ads…
do you not see the irony?

I am still laughing so hard

Melih · January 1, 2014, 6:18pm

Sure would love to talk about CIS. Please create a new topic in the relevant board and PM me the link so that we can start discussing.
thanks.

clockwork · January 1, 2014, 9:11pm

Privdog is adware. It provides ads.
I dont have ads without privdog, if i dont want to have ads.

About what are you laughing so hard?

Citizen_K · January 1, 2014, 9:35pm

If you want it to. If you don’t want it to it won’t…

I dont have ads without privdog, if i dont want to have ads.
About what are you laughing so hard?

It’s not the only kid on the block. What adblock solution are you using?

Melih · January 1, 2014, 11:07pm

Pls count the no of ads you are receiving with and without privdog.
with privdog you are guaranteed to receive less ads as we don`t replace all the ads!

So, factually speaking you get less ads with privdog than not having it…

clockwork · January 2, 2014, 1:07am

There are several levels to get rid of unwanted ads.

But if you read the text in the magazine it says:
Die nervige Adware PrivDog entfernen Sie nur mit einer ganzen Reihe von Tricks - auf herkömmlichem Wege lässt sich die Toolbar nicht loswerden.
The “going on the nerves” adware privdog can be removed only with a sample of tricks- on an usual way you cant get rid of that toolbar.

Its something that i would not want to have installed.
There is no irony with it.

Melih · January 2, 2014, 1:49am

Irony is calling it “adware” …while it reduces ads…

Citizen_K · January 2, 2014, 2:35am

The article never states there are components still active. It only deals with inactive left overs (if active components would have been there you might have a problem erasing certain data as it may be held by the active process and would require to stop those processes). For me that is a misdemeanor and not a crime. It can be annoying but it is not uncommon in the world of software.

I just uninstalled PD using the uninstaller to uninstall just the IE part (as the article speaks about getting rid off the toolbar). After that the button and the add on are no longer in I.E… I am on Windows 8.1 x64.

The article is a making a mountain out of a molehill.

captainsticks · January 2, 2014, 2:57am

Hi clockwork,
I am assuming in the above quote we are talking about PrivDog bundled with the CIS installer.
PrivDog is not obscurely placed in the customize section of the installer, the options for PrivDog are in plain view during installation. (Screenshot)

Kind regards.

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