On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:26 PM, t.piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > Why am I not surprised? > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/166024/ > microsoft_tries_to_force_you_to_use_bing.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g26:r10:c0.023904:b24935762 >
This isn't nearly so bad as M$'s stealth Firefox plugin for *Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0*<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc716877.aspx>that enabled one click in Firefox. It was installed in January as part of a M$ tuesday patch. I just heard about it this week. The basic problem is that it gave Firefox the same kinds of security hole that Explorer has. Users weren't told that it was being installed and thought that they were safely running Firefox and were exposed to risks that they were using Firefox to avoid. http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/how-to-remove-microsoft-net-spyware-extension/ -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
