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Ckorik Dragon Raider Offline N00b Posts: 223 Joined: Jul 24^th, 2012	Pando media booster - warning Feb 25^th, 2014 at 11:48am	Print Post
	http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2014/02/pando-media-booster-warning/ See link for details - essentially the crapware that was Pando has been hijacked to pass a virus - if you never removed this crap from your system when it was no longer used - do so now.


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Dullknife Merkinspotter Offline Posts: 826 Joined: Nov 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 11:50am	Print Post
	Nice catch. Pretty sure I wiped this a while back, but can't hurt to doublecheck.


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grimorde Dragon Raider Offline eh whatever... Posts: 223 Location: Sarlona Joined: Aug 11^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 11:54am	Print Post
	Thanks for the heads up. Circulated to guildies.


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cdr Horoluth Raider Offline sleetstormer Posts: 2813 Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #3 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 12:16pm	Print Post
	Shocking.


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Osharan Tregarth Horoluth Raider Offline I'm an ass... Deal with it. Posts: 2663 Location: Fresno Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #4 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 1:55pm	Print Post
	Nice. I saw the popup about the update a day or two ago... I closed it down and made a mental note to go uninstall it. It's on my wife's old gaming computer that's now connected to my TV in the living room, so I don't do much with it except watch netflix or DVD rip.

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Arkat Chonus Christ Offline Hola Bienvenido Posts: 12345 Location: Wyoming Joined: Jul 13^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #5 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:01pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the heads up.

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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9985 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #6 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:13pm	Print Post
	Important point Pando has ceased it's activity, so Pando Media Booster is an abandonware. It's soon to be replaced by the crapware called akamai netsession interface. If you weren't warned about that specific piece of shit you are now. It spawns two instances of itself and they STAY even after you left DDO. eating 10 to 20 MB of RAM and 1/2% cpu. If you are not happy with that you can hunt the Lammania thread about it and tell Turbine that they need to avoid putting it on live. If you don't do it Naow it will be in U21. You have been warned, it was your Friendly Player Council Member Warning of the Day. Thanks to listening.

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Dullknife Merkinspotter Offline Posts: 826 Joined: Nov 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #7 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:16pm	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:13pm: Important point Pando has ceased it's activity, so Pando Media Booster is an abandonware. It's soon to be replaced by the crapware called akamai netsession interface. If you weren't warned about that specific piece of shit you are now. It spawns two instances of itself and they STAY even after you left DDO. eating 10 to 20 MB of RAM and 1/2% cpu. If you are not happy with that you can hunt the Lammania thread about it and tell Turbine that they need to avoid putting it on live. If you don't do it Naow it will be in U21. You have been warned, it was your Friendly Player Council Member Warning of the Day. Thanks to listening. Will this be added as part of an already installed instance of DDO being updated in the same way as awesomium process, or as a downloading "tool" like pando?


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Silky Shroud Slacker Offline Posts: 1267 Joined: Dec 7^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #8 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:03pm	Print Post
	Dullknife wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:16pm: Will this be added as part of an already installed instance of DDO being updated in the same way as awesomium process, or as a downloading "tool" like pando? It's more like awesomium, unlike pando once the game is installed you can't just remove it. If I remember right and things haven't changed this akai crap starts on pc boot up and stays running even when ddo client is closed. Turbine is so stupid adding this shit to the client.


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Cripey Shroud Slacker Offline Fuck you, thats my name. Posts: 1007 Joined: Jul 21^st, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #9 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:15pm	Print Post
	I played on lamania a week ago or some shit. Last night noticed my machine was running shitty on live, lo and behold akamai software running on my machine eating resources. Uninstalled like a mofo, peace was had. fuck this shit if it becomes mandatory for playing.

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Skrilla Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 1362 Joined: Dec 12^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #10 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:20pm	Print Post
	Yea that program was fucking with my comp a while back and trashed it... guess it wasnt a bad move...


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qweeve DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 463 Location: Pa Joined: Nov 18^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #11 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:41pm	Print Post
	Thanks, +1 to you!


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kierg10 Shroud Slacker Offline Cuddly wuddly cats Posts: 1039 Joined: Feb 8^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #12 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:45pm	Print Post
	thanks a ton.

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tachyon Titan Demolisher Offline Posts: 369 Joined: Jun 28^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #13 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 4:27pm	Print Post
	Much appreciated. Nice find.


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Dr_tank2vich Puppy Farmer Offline I Love Darma! Posts: 1427 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Joined: Aug 16^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #14 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 4:49pm	Print Post
	On the plus side, if you leave the Akamai installed, it makes the duping "bug" much easier to replicate. Not that I now have a backpack full of Otto stones on Lammanina or anything...

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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9985 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #15 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:47am	Print Post
	Dullknife wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:16pm: Will this be added as part of an already installed instance of DDO being updated in the same way as awesomium process, or as a downloading "tool" like pando? It will be automatically installed, in the background, at the time of the next update. No warning, no I Agree, nothing.

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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9985 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #16 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:51am	Print Post
	Silky wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:03pm: If I remember right and things haven't changed this akai crap starts on pc boot up and stays running even when ddo client is closed. Yup. Except that it is going to get reinstalled and restarted ( behind the splash screen ) as soon as you start the Launcher. Cripey wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 3:15pm: Uninstalled like a mofo, peace was had. No peace will be had... since if it can't find the exe it reinstalls and spawns itself automagically at launcher initialization. The only workaround is to use an alternate launcher once you have eradicated the crapware. There's a thread here in the Vault about it and another one on the official forum about that piece of crapware. They contain all the information you want and/or need.

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grimorde Dragon Raider Offline eh whatever... Posts: 223 Location: Sarlona Joined: Aug 11^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #17 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 3:11am	Print Post
	So does that mean this: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/435076-Installing-Akamai-Netsession-In... is a complete lie? Or is he talking about U22 (if we ever get another update)?


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grimorde Dragon Raider Offline eh whatever... Posts: 223 Location: Sarlona Joined: Aug 11^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #18 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 3:15am	Print Post
	Never mind, I just got to the follow up post saying it's still installed but the p2p is disabled... 'sigh'


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Dullknife Merkinspotter Offline Posts: 826 Joined: Nov 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #19 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 3:34am	Print Post
	grimorde wrote on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 3:15am: Never mind, I just got to the follow up post saying it's still installed but the p2p is disabled... 'sigh' Then what's the fucking point of including it in DDO anyway? I thought this was a fucking video game, not an all inclusive malware/spyware package.


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Vic Titan Demolisher Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 357 Joined: Oct 19^th, 2013	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #20 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 3:37am	Print Post
	Thank for the catch. That Pando Shit is history now.


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kum-gulp VoD Slasher Offline I Love Tired Vault Memes! Posts: 1811 Joined: Jul 16^th, 2010	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #21 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:47am: It will be automatically installed, in the background, at the time of the next update. No warning, no I Agree, nothing. They like to push their luck, don't they. Well, I was thinking about coming back in a few months but fuck that if they're forcing more bloatware in post-install. At least Pando you could rid yourself of after installing. It's like they want to commit commercial suicide with DDO and just be done with it, the way things are going lately.


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karatekid Self-Proclaimed Puppy Farmer Offline Posts: 4830 Joined: Aug 13^th, 2012	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #22 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:36pm	Print Post
	Flav wrote on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:51am: Yup. Except that it is going to get reinstalled and restarted ( behind the splash screen ) as soon as you start the Launcher. No peace will be had... since if it can't find the exe it reinstalls and spawns itself automagically at launcher initialization. The only workaround is to use an alternate launcher once you have eradicated the crapware. There's a thread here in the Vault about it and another one on the official forum about that piece of crapware. They contain all the information you want and/or need. Hmm, what would happen if you leave the file there, but revoked the akamai executable's rights to execute in Local Policy?


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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 9985 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #23 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:37pm	Print Post
	kum-gulp wrote on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 2:23pm: They like to push their luck, don't they. Well, I was thinking about coming back in a few months but fuck that if they're forcing more bloatware in post-install. At least Pando you could rid yourself of after installing. It's like they want to commit commercial suicide with DDO and just be done with it, the way things are going lately. You can just avoid it... once you have installed the game use Pylotro ( there's a thread here with everything you need ), it works fine.... Once the crapware hits live that's probably what I'm going to use.

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RynD Korthos Resident Offline Beholder the Pumpkin! Posts: 81 Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2013 Gender:	Re: Pando media booster - warning Reply #24 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 4:34pm	Print Post
	Noticed this in a few MMOs now... Damn worthless crap being added. Learn to program people, then there might really be NO LAG IN SHROUD!


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