Comet Cursor Description:
Comet Cursor is a program to change the mouse
pointer to custom shapes on affected web sites.
It is infamous for being one of the first
programs to stealth-install and for tracking
viewing habits.
Since the tracking only occured across partner
sites the intrusion into privacy by the original
CometCursor was minor (comparable to third-party
ad network banners), as the company rightly
argued. However newer versions have added other
features.
(You may like the idea of custom pointer
shapes, but CometCursor now drags in an lot of
unrelated stuff with it. Incidentally in IE6 you
can now use the standard CSS2 property 'cursor'
to define a custom pointer shape for a web page -
no extra software required.)
Comet Cursor does collect
marketing information from its users, for this
reason many people want to remove it from their
systems.
Variants:
CometCursor/Shop was a release
including a 'shopping cursor' feature.
CometCursor/Plus is a newer variant
without this feature but with more toolbars,
search- and search-results hijacking.
CometCursor/Toolbar is a version with
only the toolbars, no actual pointer-changing
features.
There are many older versions of CometCursor
which have not been tested.
Comet Cursor Automatic Removal:
Using Spyware Doctor
to remove Comet Cursor AUTOMATICALLY!
Sponsored Links:
Comet Cursor Manual Removal:
1. Click your
"Start" button, select
"Settings," and then "Control
Panel"
2. Double-click the "Add/Remove
Programs" icon
3. Scroll down to "Comet- Comet Cursor
3.0"
4. To remove ALL Comet software, select
"Comet - Comet Cursor 3.0"
5. Click the "Add/Remove" button
6. Follow the instructions that appear
If you are experiencing
problems, they may be caused by having tried to
remove Comet Cursor 3.0 through a different
method than the one described above. Sometimes,
in their efforts to delete the program, some
users actually delete the uninstaller, and then
receive error messages when they try to use
Add/Remove. If this is the case, then you should
go to www.cometcursor.com
and reinstall. After you have reinstalled, follow
the steps described above to uninstall.
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