How is this not a Virus? – iPass SmartConnect™ Review

I really, really HATE this APP and have removed it as there is no way to turn it off! I would rather do without WiFi in the 1% of cases where there is no free WiFi and I can't manually log on than have to deal with its intrusive behaviour in the 90% of the cases where there is a free WiFi available. Essentially, if the WiFi to which you wish to connect (like in an Airport, Hotel, Coffee Shop, basically everywhere these days) doesn't subscribe to their pay to access network [because they're FREE, duh!] then this APP jumps in, tries to connect, fails and then DISCONNECTS you. There is NO way to stop this thing, no only does it always run in the background, whether or not you start it or not, but there is no 'OFF' in the settings! The ONLY way to log onto a Free site that iPass latches onto, is to individually type in each and every hotspot SSID that it should ignore. The hotel in which I am now sitting has at least 38 different SSID's which I would have to enter for just this one hotel. Avoid this until it doesn't start until asked, goes away when told to, and has an OFF switch.
Review by Prevents WiFi on iPass SmartConnect™.