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    Deleted yahoo search protection

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by comrade_commissar7, Dec 18, 2009.

  1. comrade_commissar7

    comrade_commissar7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I accidentally deleted yahoo search protection in the add/move remove programme. I researched a bit on the net and it says that there's nothing special about it and they even recommend to remove it since it's just a waste of memory and there are other better search engines out there, like: google, nibbo, and dogpile. Will I be experiencing some problems or complications in using yahoo search engine since I deleted its yahoo search protectoin?

    Thanks in advance :)
     
    comrade_commissar7, Dec 18, 2009
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  2. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Yawn! Let Yahoo stay dead. It is a waste of bytes anyway.
     
    Krane, Dec 18, 2009
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Any ad ons like that are a waste of memory - all the toolbars you get always slow down the startup times od IE8 pretty badly...
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 18, 2009
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    any search toolbar is a waste of space and memory, never heard of nibbo or dogpile.
     
    z3r0day, Dec 18, 2009
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    Amen.. I cannot stand 3rd party toolbars. I know people who are toolbar junkies, they install the Yahoo, Google, etc.. toolbars, all on the same PC. Then they wonder why things don't work "like they used to". :confused:
     
    BrandonSi, Dec 19, 2009
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  6. comrade_commissar7

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    -dogpile is one of the best search engines apart from google. As a search engine, dogpile searches on all the four chiefly-used search engines, namely: google, yahoo, ask, and bing. You might want to try it though: www.dogpile.com :)

    Thanks for your replies. Now, I can rest my anxiety about accidentally deleting yahoo search protection in add/remove programmes. Thanks to everyone who replied in this thread :)
     
    comrade_commissar7, Dec 19, 2009
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