While it ran stable whenever I used it, that's reassuring to know. Unchecky 1.0 is stable enough for every day use according to the release notes. A click on advanced settings enables you to turn off auto-updating, and to disable use of the hosts file by the program. You may disable warning tooltips and the notification area icon in the general settings. Unchecky ships with a couple of options included.

The main reason for this is that Unchecky uses a database of known installers and offers, and will take care only of those. It is still a good idea to check the installation dialog to make sure every bit of unwanted software has been disabled even with Unchecky running in the background.

It was checked for updates 691 times by the users of our. Since these connections are blocked by Unchecky, no offers are displayed during installation. Unchecky is a Shareware software in the category Miscellaneous developed by RaMMicHaeL. Some installers connect to these sites during installation to pull offers from them. The program will also alert you if an installer is secretly trying to add extra programs during the installation process.Last but not least, several known services that distributed software modules, opencandy for instance, are blocked in the Windows hosts file. Warns Installers often try to sneak additional programs as a natural part of the installation. It will save you many clicks when it comes to rejecting these 'special offers' - and many headaches when it comes to uninstalling all of those unneeded toolbars and programs. Unchecks Unchecky automatically unchecks unrelated offers, both saving you mouse clicks and making it less likely to miss a checkbox of an unwanted offer. Unchecky works by automatically unchecking all of those boxes that want your permission to load junk onto your computer. Many people believe that they did not download such spam programs, and that they showed up on their computer for no reason, but the reality is that it is sometimes as simple as checking or unchecking the boxes that are there when you're installing a program - in other words, giving your consent for additional programs to be installed at the same time. It keeps you from accidentally installing unwanted applications and toolbars that are sometimes tacked on to the installation process for the tools that you do want. How many times have you realized that your web browser's home page has been changed after you installed some program that you downloaded from the Internet? How many programs have appeared on your computer seemingly out of nowhere - and because you actually gave your consent for them to be installed?

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