Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-11 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the development

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-11 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 05:32:00AM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: So, wait, Firefox is Malware? Did you notice that with FF4 they changed it so that you didn't get prompted on launch it

OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Chris Brennan
Sorry for the cross post I hadn't seen any chatter about this on the lists. It would seem that Download.com got caught with their pants down and were re-wrapping F/OSS with their own installer and bundling adware, spyware and malware with it. NMap's author, over at insecure.org got pretty hot

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: Sorry for the cross post I hadn't seen any chatter about this on the lists. It would seem that Download.com got caught with their pants down and were re-wrapping F/OSS with their own installer and bundling adware, spyware and malware with it.

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was the reason for the /. article… stupid peons… It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the development website to get the

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was the reason for the /. article… stupid peons… It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the development website to get the program anyway? Uninvitedly adding toolbars, changing web browser home page and default search engine are - in my opinion - malicious acts,

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the development website to get the program anyway? Uninvitedly adding toolbars, changing web browser home page and default

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the development website to get the program anyway?