[NA NX] Uninstall Pando Media Booster guys!

• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-03-01 14:35

  Quote from Sabina:

  ...We no longer use Pando for our games so it is not necessary to download any updates for it.

  
  
  http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/forums#%2Fshowthread.php%3F1115357-Pando-Media-Booster-Update%2Fpage2%26highlight%3DPando%2BMedia%2BBooster%26nxid%3D10
  
  Posting it in Mabinogi Talk because many of you guys may have it installed back from when you first installed Mabinogi awhile back.
  
  Nexon has discontinued using it according to Sabina.
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2014-03-01 14:49
  And better do it ASAP too.
  
  

  Quote from Wikipedia (Hardmuscle too):

  Pando shut down its servers and ceased business on August 31, 2013. As of February 24, 2014 the Pando Media Booster has been hijacked and unsuspecting persons who install a prompted update have their internet browsers hijacked and a virus called the "Sweet Page" browser virus is installed on their machine.

  
  
  From here.
  
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  I got prompted to update mine a few days ago, I'm glad I decided not to.
  
  Even if you think you've uninstalled it before, better check your programs again, Mabinogi and Nexon aren't the only ones who used Pando.
• Lan wrote on 2014-03-01 15:33
  Well, glad I uninstalled it when it tried to get me to update it.
• M wrote on 2014-03-01 15:33
  This seems pretty important and despite it not being a nexon announcement, perhaps this should be moved to the news page for more attention.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-03-01 15:41

  Quote from ╔╦╗╒╕║╒╕;1203120:

  This seems pretty important and despite it not being a nexon announcement, perhaps this should be moved to the news page for more attention.

  
  
  All righty, I won't argue with that, thanks.
• Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2014-03-01 17:19
  I don't even know what this is. Was I supposed to have this installed to play Mabi? xD
• M wrote on 2014-03-01 17:22
  It was an old program that installed itself with mabi I think. Apparently it's evil now.
• Kouki wrote on 2014-03-01 17:51

  Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1203133:

  I don't even know what this is. Was I supposed to have this installed to play Mabi? xD

  
  
  It was the default Download that players had to get to download the game, unless they clicked the tiny hard-to-see "classic" download link. I had to warn all my friends on Skype since they never look at the website.
• Splatulated wrote on 2014-03-01 18:34
  how do uninstall ?
• Murasaki wrote on 2014-03-01 19:27
  Control Panel>Programs>Uninstall Program. It'll show up on the list.
  
  I apparently still had this so thanks for the heads up!
• Cookiebunny wrote on 2014-03-01 20:19

  Quote from ;:

  
  ...I feel like crying now because I downloaded the update. :c I thought it was really strange, what with all the random advertisement programs it tried to get me to download afterwards, especially when I believed Mabinogi no longer used it.
  
  Ahhhh t _ t I'm stupid.
• Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2014-03-01 20:22
  Oh, I apparently did have this installed. Good thing I never update anything.
• Swissedtoast wrote on 2014-03-01 22:26

  Quote from Cookiebunny;1203175:

  ...I feel like crying now because I downloaded the update. :c I thought it was really strange, what with all the random advertisement programs it tried to get me to download afterwards, especially when I believed Mabinogi no longer used it.
  
  Ahhhh t _ t I'm stupid.

  
  
  RIP RIP RIP
  
  edit:
  >warn friends
  >all of them uninstalled it months ago
  >.
• Yoorah wrote on 2014-03-01 22:33
  Pando was the peer-to-peer downloader that players would install when they tried to download Mabi in the past. It's safe to assume that most Mabinogi players are clueless and still have it installed. >_> I nuked that piece of crap from my PC the moment I realized what it was...years ago. Never used the downloader since then.
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/WOk8gE9.png]

  
  Always use the direct download link below.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2014-03-01 23:27

  Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1203178:

  Oh, I apparently did have this installed. Good thing I never update anything.

  
  
  It updates itself silly.
  
  

  Quote from Yoorah;1203201:

  Pando was the peer-to-peer downloader that players would install when they tried to download Mabi in the past. It's safe to assume that most Mabinogi players are clueless and still have it installed. >_> I nuked that piece of crap from my PC the moment I realized what it was...years ago. Never used the downloader since then.
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/WOk8gE9.png]

  
  Always use the direct download link below.

  
  
  Down with downloader clients, always ddl!