CEO of Brilliant Defends Sneaky Installation Practices

Em Emalb and other readers sent in follow-ups to our earlier story about yet more bundled crapware with Kazaa. Kazaa says they didn't do anything wrong; and so does Brilliant's CEO. I don't understand why anyone is still installing Kazaa, given their track record. Brilliant's brilliant plan is to use your computer to distribute their advertising, and give out Altnet resource dollars in exchange.

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Re:That's "Mister Karma Ho'" (how to remove it)

[sam_handelman]

I'll summarise the instructions.

First, wander around the building until you feel the ground beneath your feet vibrate.

Then, reach over to your keyboard (a wireless is best, use a stick if necesarry, but don't move from that spot!) and do the following in exactly this order. You will need to have already downloaded any files mentioned below-

1) copy seven different .cnd files into Windows\Candelabra.

2) Go to your sounds control panel and change your error message to "Opening." Cause the error message to be played.

3) You now have five seconds to execute Windows\Candelabra\Light.bat, read Windows\Bookdead.txt and click "Accept."

4) A new button, marked with a double quote (") will appear on your explorer toolbar; this is a shortcut to \Windows\Yendor.exe. Open each and every folder on your hard drive, and click this button. While you're doing this, Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister, whom you thought you killed when you got Bookdead.txt, will periodically teleport into your room, and try and seize your keyboard in order to hide the button, delete or rename \Windows\Yendor.exe. You're going to have to kill him several times during this process, so keep a firearm handy.

5) Restart your computer.

6) Dedicate your desk as an altar to Anhur (or some other god, but Anhur is easiest.) Take your desk to the astral plane. Pile your computer on your desk and make of it an offering unto him.

Congratulations, you have now uninstalled brilliant digital's software.

As an extra challenge, try uninstalling the software without depending on divine intervention or commiting genocide.