Post by Shinko on Mar 21, 2015 7:42:42 GMT -5
I have a windows 8 system on a lenovo computer, and it came default with a Pokki start menu app. I've had it over a year, and it wasn't problematic until about a month or so ago, when I got a popup saying that it needed an update, which at first I thought nothing of. But when I accepted it, it installed a browser hijacker on my computer that made every browser I have (firefox, google chrome, and even internet explorer) default to Bing on the new tab page. I ended up having to have Geek Squad reset all my browsers to their last update to get rid of it.
Now Pokki is trying to do it again. I keep refusing the "update" downlad, but it offers it to me every time I boot my computer. I'm tempted to uninstall Pokki altogether, since from what I've been able to glean online it seems to do this a lot. But I'm a little unsure, since I don't know how that might hurt my computer/programs/what have you, and I'm not sure what would be a good start menu alternative. (My work computer has Classic Shell, but I don't know how good that is or isn't on a not-being-infected-with-junkware basis).
Anyone have any advice?
Now Pokki is trying to do it again. I keep refusing the "update" downlad, but it offers it to me every time I boot my computer. I'm tempted to uninstall Pokki altogether, since from what I've been able to glean online it seems to do this a lot. But I'm a little unsure, since I don't know how that might hurt my computer/programs/what have you, and I'm not sure what would be a good start menu alternative. (My work computer has Classic Shell, but I don't know how good that is or isn't on a not-being-infected-with-junkware basis).
Anyone have any advice?
I'd get rid of it posthaste and make sure it hasn't tried to install anything else. It shouldn't cause any issues to get rid of it.
