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Piet December 23, 2013 13:06

IE8 Icon disapears when used as "User"

Ghostery for IE just installed on desktop and laptop, both XP-SP3 IE8, and works fine with "Administrator Rights".
However bubble icon disappears with log-in as "user" with only "User Rights".Since this is the most commently use of our computers I would like to fix the problem.
An extra installation of Ghostery with a "User" log-in is not possible because for an installation administration rights are required.

NB: The millions of XP users can not opdate to >IE8, so that is not an option.

What to do to fix?

kind regards,

Piet
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  • EMPLOYEE
    Pete (Senior Communications Manager) December 23, 2013 13:44
    Hi Piet,

    Thanks for using Ghostery!

    We are looking into ways to update our IE extension.. However, support for IE 8 is becoming harder and harder to do.. so If you have to stay on IE 8 and still want to use Ghostery, I recommend looking into another browser.

    Sorry for the inconvenience.
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    • Piet December 27, 2013 15:54
      Hi Pete,

      Thanks for answer and i understand your recommendation to use another browser. However since today i found that logging in as "user" WITH "administrative rights" also solve the problem, so the bubble icon is visible! It looks like a small change somewhere. Maybe this will help you in finding an easy answer for using as a "User" without administrative rights.
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    • Pete (Senior Communications Manager) December 27, 2013 16:08
      Hi Piet,

      Thanks for that info.. we are looking into the Admin rights/user differences.

      Much appreciated!
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    Eric P. Scott December 23, 2013 21:16
    For the most recent month where statistics are available (November 2013), the breakdown of Internet Explorer usage by version looks approximately like this:

    IE <6    0.2%
    IE  6    8.5%
    IE  7    2.3%
    IE  8   37.4%
    IE  9   15.9%
    IE 10   30.1%
    IE 11    5.6%

    Data provided by > Net Market Share

    IE 8 is still the most-used version, and Ghostery in its present form is a viable option for more than half of all IE users. You have the incredible popularity of Windows XP to thank for this. That's not going to last forever.

    WinMageddon is coming! Mark your calendars...

    April 5-6, 2014 — Apple Stores mobbed by panicky Windows XP users who waited until the last minute

    April 7, 2014 — "Astounding" weekend Macintosh sales figures propel AAPL stock to record high; SYMC tumbles

    April 8, 2014 — End of Support for Windows XP SP3


    April 24, 2014 — Much-anticipated Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release breathes new life into PC hardware

    • Five years of free security support
    • Lubuntu 14.04 LTS optimized for low-spec hardware
    • Several desktop environments available (not just one or two!)
    • Ghostery works with Firefox, Chrome, and Opera
    • Free office suite available + lots of games
    • Microsoft Office (and many other Windows applications) can still be used via Wine compatibility layer (or commercially-supported CrossOver)
    • Already has drivers for popular printers, scanners, video cards, etc. — no tricky installation procedures
    • Plays well with others: understands Windows and OS X filesystems and networking protocols
    • Never have to pay for anti-virus software again
    • StartUbuntu initiative and social media campaign help Windows users make the transition

    May 13, 2014 — Microsoft publicly reveals critical security vulnerabilities; remaining Windows XP users left unprotected




    All of the major desktop browsers except for Internet Explorer provide an extension architecture that allows third-party developers to enhance those products using standards-based technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These kinds of extensions are platform-independent, meaning they are not tied to any particular operating system or instruction set architecture. Also, they can easily be examined by anyone who's curious about what's inside, in order to verify they're devoid of any malicious content.

    Internet Explorer can only be extended through two types of plug-ins: ActiveX objects, and Browser Helper Objects (BHOs). Historically, the former has been responsible for some of IE's most egregious security problems, while the latter is primarily known as a conduit for malware. Plug-ins are extremely complex, have to be implemented as compiled binary code, and tend to break with each new major version of IE, requiring difficult and expensive revisions. Little, if any, of the effort that goes into creating them produces anything that can be reused later. The tools and skill set needed for development are radically different from what any other browser requires. This is one of the reasons IE's official list of IE Addons — www.iegallery.com — showcases so little, compared with the vast assortment available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Opera.

    Crossrider offered a "solution" that sounded too good to be true. They claimed to have a way to level the playing field, so making something that would work for IE would be just as easy as for any other browser. They'd take care of all the Microsoft-specific B.S., and present an abstraction layer that tied everything together. It seemed legitimate, at first.

    http://crossrider.com/


    Crossrider turned Ghostery into a huge Windows executable, chock-full of mysteriously obfuscated code. We don't know what's in it, or what it really does. But we got something that was a vast improvement over the first attempt to deliver Ghostery for IE, which was based on an unmaintainable mess of C++ code, IIRC.


    But then, we started getting reports that several malware detection products were flagging Crossrider as suspicious. And it wasn't just happening to us.


    Crossrider repeatedly claimed these are false positives. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. There's only one way to know for sure, but they won't allow it.


    Everything really started to unravel when people tried to use IE 10 in 64-bit mode. Crossrider kept telling us to be patient. Their FAQ says:

    Our goal is to support all browser and all versions. When new versions are released we make sure to support them so you don't have to worry about a thing.



    When IE 11 came out, they quietly buried this notice deep inside their developer documentation:

    http://docs.crossrider.com/#!/api/app...


    That tells a very different story. (Crossrider claims to have resolved this now.)

    For those of you who have been carrying on that 64-bit is the future,


    Microsoft wants to put the kibosh on all IE plug-ins. They're now touting the "benefits" of "plug-in free browsing."


    The new "Metro" interface in Windows 8.1 (and the epic failure known as Windows RT) drives the final nails into the coffin.

    So, it's not simply a matter of swapping Crossrider for something else — there isn't going to be anything else, because there's no future here. (Unless Microsoft does an about-face and introduces a new extension mechanism in IE 12.)

    Of course, this is all moot — since the best thing you can do with IE is use it to download a better browser.

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