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@ethervizion: You'll need to disable the Homegroup Provider service as well, and then close out of Explorer windows and re-open them. Read more

Looks like we really killed the site this time. I've updated the post with a link to a mirror copy. Read more

@bogart27: I mentioned in the article that we were covering built-in methods and not extensions... a command-line switch doesn't change the fact that it's built in... and it'll be included by default any day now. Read more

@meske: You're welcome to give me the command-line arguments to enable side tabs for the other browsers. Read more

@Wabbited: I considered adding rootkits, but they aren't necessarily malware in the strictest sense, and I didn't want to cloud the issue for all the non-geeks that will likely be reading the article. Read more

@tj: Yeah, I had been using it on a new Chrome profile, but I generally disable it. Read more

@sfyire: I agree about the disinformation. We tried to explain how to disable it, but also point out that it's not leaking your information by default anyway. Read more