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Thread Author: Victorbox Replies: 1
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 Tue 4 Jun 13 14:20 
 Clickfree Backup warning - Victorbox
If any of you use Clickfree backup drives don't install the latest software upgrade they've started offering this week. It installs something extra called Kooboodle without your permission. This appears to be some photo upload programme which loads at startup and annoys you with screen prompts to upload photos etc. Nothing in the startup folder or add/remove components in Control Panel or even an option for it not to run automatically, so it looks like it will need a System Restore to rid my computer of this unwelcome annoyance. Worryingly there is nothing about it on the Clickfree website or anywhere else on the web for that matter. www.kooboodle.com/cf/user/register
Last edited by: Victorbox on Tue 4 Jun 13 at 14:24
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 Wed 5 Jun 13 08:33 
 Clickfree Backup warning - TeeCee
>> Nothing in the startup folder or add/remove components in Control Panel
>> or even an option for it not to run automatically
>>

Use either CCleaner's "Startup" option (under "Tools") or Sysinternals' "Autoruns" utility to remove the startup entries.

Edit: Reboot to ensure none of it is in use now it's not autostarting.

Then axe its software directory from Program Files.

Finally run CCleaner's registry cleaning function to remove its, now orphaned, registry entries.

That usually does the trick....
Last edited by: TeeCee on Wed 5 Jun 13 at 08:36
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