It kept coming back though!

Turns out that as long as I had the MP4 converter on my computer Relevent Knowledge would stay.

So I had to uninstall the MP4 to MP3 computer in addition to uninstalling Relevent Knowledge and running Emisoft Anti Malware and Malwarebytes Anti Malware to get all traces of Relevent Knowledge off of my computer.

Finally, Relevent Knowledge spies on you.
Just in case you didn’t know that.
Spies. monitors, reports.

Its nasty.

Relevant Knowledge was installed by FREE software I installed from TuCows.

The software was a MP4 to MP3 converter.

I finally figured this out after trying to re-install the converter, in the disclosure agreement, at nearly the end of the installation.

So be careful about free software. Read the agreements.

Anyone know what this crappy program does? I’m concerned about some security stuff I did before I realised it was there. It’s gone now (I think) but I’m worried my security was compromised.

Darn this crap. Why do people bother? We notice it and remove it and then blast the software that does it. All it does is waste time.

Thanks for any info,
IceKat.

I proceeded to attempt to quarantine and delete the spyware and adware, only to find that it would freeze up there as well. A search into the add and remove section of the control panel proved to hold the same results. It seemed that everything that had to do with relevantknowledge would lock up and stop responding when i attempted to get rid of it. At that point, i did a forced shutdown (holding down to power button until the computer shut down without saving) and rebooted my computer. As i did this, i made sure to disconnect my modem just in case. I accessed the add and remove section again, and was successfully able to remove the vexing program; where before the reboot, it had simply stopped responding when i attempted to remove it. Another quickscan on malwarebytes picked up the straggling spyware files, and as i’m typing this now, the add-on and it’s folders have all been completely wiped from my add-ons bar and computer.

A warning to people that have relevantknowledge on their computer… get it off while it’s still new! If you let it sit, it WILL mess with your computer like it did mine. Hopefully anyone having a hard time with this program can use the process i used to successfully destroy this program

ahhh, what a headache. I did a system restore back to the day before I installed it. I didn’t see that ugly globe on my taskbar anymore so I figure that did the trick. Or is that just a tempory fix? Please tell me that’s all I needed to do.

it was simple enough for me. i just sandboxed it (sandboxe) and installed and prepared to start unpicking its claws from me system but it was laughably easy, after the programed installed it asked for internet acces to download the spyware to set it up. i blocked and remberd. checked for regitstry load points using autoruns and there were none

i thinks its begger spywhare atleast they ask you first, and easy to block and stop and aparently remove this is apreciated. there are far worse out there and there is a market for agregated data for market recerch. kudos for giving the heads up and easieness fu for not giving me a tickbox to opt in or out without having to install…

which didnt work in any case.
but be wary in any case. i had to block it from touching firefox and utorrent instanly after i opend the file.

I’m pleasantly surprised on that, but I will stay on alert about it; considering I’m sure it didn’t fully delete it 100%.