I was downloading something from Softonic on my alternative computer (thank goodness) and god, the Sweetpacks virus came with the download. Yeah, I really wished it didn't happen. Uninstall Sweetpacks? Nope. Internet Explorer 9 actually KEPT THE SWEETPACKS ICON ON THE TOOLBAR and I had moved it into the Recycle Bin and emptied it. Boy, it really needs some security fixes. Google search? Uh... websites promoted supposed tools that would remove Sweetpacks miraculously. Others promoted massive downloads including Malwarebytes, Revo Uninstaller, and some used built-in Windows tools, but they were mostly in Windows XP while I was running Windows Vista.
How surprising, I deleted the account that installed Sweetpacks (it was a backup for my good account that had this annoying Visual C# Compiler alert from HP Advisor), put Sweetpacks and my download (Visual Basic 2010 Express or something like that) in the recycle bin, and emptied it. :/ I was not pleased with Internet Explorer's methods. Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and Maxthon all didn't have any Sweetpacks problems (Google Chrome, the downloader of the Sweetpacks virus in this case, was salvaged), but why Internet Explorer did? Uh... no.
Hey, if you have any opinions about Internet Explorer and the Sweetpacks virus, then post in the comments below. I'll be tweeting on Twitter (I'm @ChessAddict21), posting on Google+, and more about browsers and their oh so annoying things and their oh so yay things.
In the first few minutes of an AVG system scan AVG did not catch it.
EDIT AS OF 5-6-2013: AFTER SWEETPACKS'S SUPPOSED UNINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FROM PERION, I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE IT FROM INTERNET EXPLORER AND GOOGLE CHROME (IT CAME BACK!!!).
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