What in the name of bloody blue blazes is a Payment Wall?

[Loose rivets]

Right, drunken rant removed. Pity in a way, it was one of my better ones.

Now, the whole point is, I have never asked for Hotspot Shield, I don't want it, I can't see it on any part of my installation, yet it steadfastly jumps over Expat Shield and obliterates it.

There is nothing to uninstall, and I have removed EXpat and FireFox and run a registry cleaner. No mention of fining anything in there.

Clean reload of FF and ExPat, but it's just the same.

The thing is, I imagined I saw the Anchor Free Logo while I was loading FF or was it XPat? I've just realized they're the same company.

Anyway, I'm normally careful where I get software from so perhaps I'm making the same mistake every time.

I've run Malwarebytes and my AVG is up to date. Nothing in the Start Menu list.

Any ideas? I've written in ExPat's box as they're wanting to know why I'm uninstalling. I wonder if they'll care.

NB Belarc have really taken an interest in the hidden Key issues, so some folk do care. More of that on the appropriate thread.