that is not always the case cal. I hit one site and it installed automatically. All of a sudden my google toolbar was gone and I hade this Xupiter crap in it's place. It is possible to get rid of it you need AdAware from Lavasoft (germany) http://www.lavasoft.de You can run AdAware and it gets rid of Xupiter and lots of other stuff in your system. I threatened Xupiter with legal action. I had lawyer friend of mine send them a nasty note. I sent along before and after captures of me hitting a site that dose an auto-install..