thanks for sharing and I have applied it. Like you say, its still no excuse. I should be only offered "updates" to programs installed not "NEW" possibilities. I fight with sales people and such not paying attention to this and they are "using" Safari. Or, I find thousands of toolbars on them. Gets annoying.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Larry Seltzer<[email protected]> wrote: > Not to excuse any of this... > > There is a way, far too obscure but it's there, to shut off "suggested" > programs in Apple Software Update. Select only the programs you don't > want to see anymore (like Safari) and go Tools-Ignore Selected Updates. > > Sun pushes the MSN Toolbar now, not the Yahoo toolbar. (Shouldn't that > be the Bing Toolbar by now?) > > Larry Seltzer > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > [email protected] > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jeff Kell > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:17 AM > To: RandallM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [funsec] Real Spam > > RandallM wrote: >> Unwanted spam is Apple trying to load Safari on my computer everyday >> just because I have Itunes intstalled. That's spam. If I WANTED Safari >> I would go get it and even ask for it!! > > Or the latest Microsoft .NET update which installs an un-installable > Firefox extension so that .NET can hose your other browser too... > > Or Sun insisting that I get my Yahoo Toolbar with my Java update... > > Or Adobe insisting I get (whatever-the-hell-it-was) with the Flash and > Acrobat updates... > > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > -- been great, thanks Big R a.k.a System _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
