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**Tamlin** · 02-13-2007

Highly suspicious. If you follow the links, you (eventually) get to a page where you are asked to install something called ArchiBAR, which is allegedly some kind of BHO (Browser Helper Object) for IE and Firefox. Admittedly, not all BHOs are bad, but the majority of them constitute some kind of Adware/Spyware. (It actually says on this page "There are no Adware or Spyware encapsulated in the ArchiBAR" - but then they would say that, wouldn't they?)
I don't know about anyone else, but I won't install any kind of add-on or plugin to Firefox unless it's listed on the Mozilla extensions site, so I won't be following this link any further. If some other reliable BioRUST member (i.e. someone with more than a couple of posts to their credit) can confirm that this is a legitimate resource then please do so. If not, this thread will be deleted.

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Tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,309	Highly suspicious. If you follow the links, you (eventually) get to a page where you are asked to install something called ArchiBAR, which is allegedly some kind of BHO (Browser Helper Object) for IE and Firefox. Admittedly, not all BHOs are bad, but the majority of them constitute some kind of Adware/Spyware. (It actually says on this page "There are no Adware or Spyware encapsulated in the ArchiBAR" - but then they would say that, wouldn't they?) I don't know about anyone else, but I won't install any kind of add-on or plugin to Firefox unless it's listed on the Mozilla extensions site, so I won't be following this link any further. If some other reliable BioRUST member (i.e. someone with more than a couple of posts to their credit) can confirm that this is a legitimate resource then please do so. If not, this thread will be deleted. __________________ Religion: It's all fun and games until someone gets burned at the stake...