"You secretly installed crap I didn't want on my computer!"

"No, I didn't. I threw up a button that you'd never click on purpose hoping you'd accidentally click it and give me 'permission' to install crap you didn't want on your computer."

"Oh, good. For a minute there I thought you were some kind of scumbag."

(ethics of bundling undesired programs in installers notwithstanding, users are asserting that the thing didn't just change their defaults but also kept resetting their defaults even after the user changed it back. Not cool even if the user installed it entirely on purpose)

Ah yes, the time-tested virtue of taking advantage of the naive.

It installs whether you pick yes or no.

edit: "Do you want to install chrome? yes/no", no -> "you'll now install toolbar with utorrent. Next >", no yes/no

else:

"Do you want to install chrome? yes/no", yes -> utorrent + chrome

What you're offered is based on a number of things like IP location and computer versions

I made the same mistake a few weeks ago because it's especially deceitful. uTorrent disguises this SearchProtect program with what appears to be a ToS agreement page after you've already rejected another piece of crapware, making you assume you're already in the clear.

To be fair, utorrent used to be trustworthy before being b ought by the despicable Bittorrent Inc.

What's despicable about Bittorrent, Inc.? They seem like a very pleasant company to me. I won't be using any of their products because I generally don't use closed source stuff, but I'm grateful for their protocol.

I got bitten by this yesterday when I updated. I didn't expect it at all and only realized I had installed something a fraction of a second after I clicked what looked like a Next button... Went to Control Panel and uninstalled as soon as I noticed an icon in the taskbar notification area.

I do disagree with the strategy of bundling typically unwanted software in with installers.

But as someone who's installed Java numerous times and never ended up with the Ask Toolbar I don't have much sympathy for people who can't pay attention to what's presented on the screen.