GuitarFX is ADWARE/Browser Hijacker!

[Big_Rob]

I was looking for a cool program so I could play my guitars thru my comp with the added feature of having effects. So I download GuitarFX about 2 days ago and it seems sorta like a cool program but I never used it cause I downloaded it at werk and was looking at it here incase I wanted to download it at home.

So anyhow, I downloaded it, looked at it and closed it up without plugging in a guitar. Right after I closed it and opened up Firefox, every ad on every page was for GuitarFX or something related to GuitarFX.

I did a Google search to see if it was adware and sure enough I found these pages:

http://www.technozid.de/2006/07/11/guitarfx-hijacks-your-browser/
http://www.topshareware.com/reviews/10110-1/guitarfx.htm


If you're thinking about installing this BLOATWARE garbage, do yourself a favor and dont.

[kerc]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[just strum]

Rob,

Is this the same thing you are referring to?

http://guitarfx.info/index_1.html

I came across the site, then did a search on thefret, and came across your post.

[Algonquin]

Thanks for the PSA Big Rob... always good to know what to avoid.

Much appreciated!
Cheers :beer: