My Gmail account in Bing favourites

Tsunami · 15th September 2012, 08:14 PM

Somehow I have a Bing favourite website bar at the top of my Internet Explorer. I never installed it myself, probably did so accidently by pressing a wrong option or so, but I left it there as it was not exactly a bother.

Now however amongst the favourites in that bar, was the "compose mail" option of my Gmail. Luckily, when clicking the option, I was asked to sign in, so it was not leading straight into my account. I removed the option from the Bing bar as well by using right-click and remove the shortcut.

I wonder though how this got there. I would never be that silly to add an open account to my favourites. Of that I am sure. Bing got there maybe by accident, of that I have to admit I don't know, probably a mistake of mine. But I for sure did not add any email account as a favourite to any toolbar.

Does Bing automatically add the most visited sites as favourites or what could be the cause of this?

n5bb · 16th September 2012, 03:49 PM

I think that Bing is automatically installed in Internet Explorer when you update IE unless you carefully answer the upgrade questions.

You can control which toolbars you see in IE using View>Toolbars.

Bill

Tsunami · 16th September 2012, 10:21 PM

I don't mind Bing being there, what I mind is that they randomly add "favourites" which I did not manually add myself, including the "compose" option of an opened webmail account. That cannot be the purpose of a toolbar, I'd never voluntarely add an opened account to my favourites and I don't like the idea of a toolbar somehow doing so.

I wonder how it's possible at all. Does Bing just add the most frequently used URLs there or what?

bramhall · 17th September 2012, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami

. But I for sure did not add any email account as a favourite to any toolbar.

May be not deliberately. But it's easy (speaking from experience) to hit ALT+something or CRTL+something, which means "add to favourites/bookmarks" by mistake.
Delete the Gmail entry and see whether it reappears.

15th September 2012, 08:14 PM	#1
Tsunami Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 1,565	My Gmail account in Bing favourites Somehow I have a Bing favourite website bar at the top of my Internet Explorer. I never installed it myself, probably did so accidently by pressing a wrong option or so, but I left it there as it was not exactly a bother. Now however amongst the favourites in that bar, was the "compose mail" option of my Gmail. Luckily, when clicking the option, I was asked to sign in, so it was not leading straight into my account. I removed the option from the Bing bar as well by using right-click and remove the shortcut. I wonder though how this got there. I would never be that silly to add an open account to my favourites. Of that I am sure. Bing got there maybe by accident, of that I have to admit I don't know, probably a mistake of mine. But I for sure did not add any email account as a favourite to any toolbar. Does Bing automatically add the most visited sites as favourites or what could be the cause of this?

16th September 2012, 03:49 PM	#2
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 6,025	I think that Bing is automatically installed in Internet Explorer when you update IE unless you carefully answer the upgrade questions. You can control which toolbars you see in IE using View>Toolbars. Bill

16th September 2012, 10:21 PM	#3
Tsunami Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 1,565	I don't mind Bing being there, what I mind is that they randomly add "favourites" which I did not manually add myself, including the "compose" option of an opened webmail account. That cannot be the purpose of a toolbar, I'd never voluntarely add an opened account to my favourites and I don't like the idea of a toolbar somehow doing so. I wonder how it's possible at all. Does Bing just add the most frequently used URLs there or what?