Delilah,
Jenkat's use of this installer has raised some eyebrows lately. I haven't seen any WOT complaints but a friend of mine has. It's easy to mistake the complaint as being about the game, not the installer. However, if you check the complaints, the vast majority of them are more inattentiveness on the part of the user rather than a problem with the installer -- They are not UNCHECKING or not "Declining" software to be installed. I have notified the people at Jenkat about the issue recommending they change to a different installer.
There is an issue with MalwareBytes and the install stub downloaded from Jenkat. It seems to be he way the stub is configured and MalwareBytes notices the extra software you are "encouraged" to download. It complains even if you have deleted the stub and it is in the Recycle Bin. I have learned to make sure there no such stubs either in my Downloads folder or Recycle Bin before I run this program.
It's install setup is different from the installer stub method now used by MyPlayCty. In the case of MyPlayCity, the full game is downloaded and named in a folder easily accessible and known to the user (the same folder as the install stub). That makes it easy to save the full download for future use without having to re-download.
With Jenkat, I have no idea where they place the full game and even then what they name the darn thing!
All this being said, the user has to be especially alert with Jenkat's installer now. They have added an additional "checkmark" that you have to uncheck on the ONE page you have to "Approve"; namely the game itself. I believe it is for a game manager but it may be for the full InstallIQ package to be installed. After you uncheck that and "Approve" that one page, just "Decline" until you get to the end and you'll have your game with no extra software.
I still disapprove of the way InstallIQ installs the game from Jenkat. I would not be so upset if it placed the game in "Program Files (x86)\JenKat Games\<gamename>" with the "(x86)" only for 64 bit users. No, that's not what it does! It puts a stub in "Program Files (x86)\<gamename>" and the rest of the game in "Program Files (x86)\Common Files\<gamename>" That clutters up Program Files in 2 places. I have yet to understand the purpose of splitting it!
I merge the "Common Files" version with the "Program Files (x86)" version and then cut the entire final folder outside of the Program Files area into my own games area. I then use CCleaner to easily access the uninstall registry key and fix it to point to the new location.
