Looking for a way to stream HD news from China, I asked a Chinese friend for a recommendation. He said try Funshion.com. They have a downloadable program that I thought would facilitate streaming their movies. What I got was a program that was parasitic, spammy and hard to remove. If you are considering using Funshion, do not download this app.
The download went well, but at once I started getting a huge amount of popup boxes usually blocked by Adblock Plus. My bandwidth went up by a lot as well. Then I realized that the damn program installed not in my program files directory but in the main directory, all without asking. When I went to uninstall the program it said I had no access to do this.
After a couple more tries I tried to uninstall the program manually. It turns out the bastards also set the archive flag on all subdirectories, preventing novice users from simply deleting the directory and contents. I had to repeatedly reset the archive option before I could delete the file, starting at the most imbedded and working my way out. What a pain in the ass. Sneaky bastards.
HijackThis allowed me to delete the startup process of Funshion. I hope that I am rid of this parasite. If you are considering downloading this app or using Funshion, please reconsider. Their app is close to a virus.
