Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-29 Thread Michael Butash
If I open Chrome, and search "download microsoft edge" or "download firefox", I don't get malware links back from google at least. That is my point. Despite the fact I think microsoft is a dirtbag from their other prior art over the past 30 years, it's simply unprofessional and unscrupulous as

Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-29 Thread Michael Butash
Very nice, never run into this before, but looks cool! Thanks Stephen. -mb On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM Stephen Partington wrote: > ninite installer (ninite.com) stashed on your installation media can > allow you to sidestep ever launching edge :-) > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 12:51 AM

Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-28 Thread Matthew Gibson
Stephen shared a fantastic Windows installation tool. Ninite. As for willy-nilly searching ambiguously for "google chrome" I think you deserve to have those results served to you. Since that lazy mentality is the exact target of that attack vector. It is not that difficult to go to the authorized

Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-28 Thread Mark Phillips
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a Surface Pro 4 using this custom kernel https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/ and it works really well. Mark On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 10:49 AM Stephen Partington wrote: > ninite installer (ninite.com) stashed on your installation media can > allow you to

Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-28 Thread Stephen Partington
ninite installer (ninite.com) stashed on your installation media can allow you to sidestep ever launching edge :-) On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 12:51 AM Eric Oyen wrote: > Wow. > Guess that means they want you on their *ahem* browser and won’t take > downloading another for an answer. > > I tried

Re: Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-28 Thread Eric Oyen
Wow. Guess that means they want you on their *ahem* browser and won’t take downloading another for an answer. I tried out edge on win10 with jaws. Forget it! Not very accessible and even win10 narrator wouldn’t do everything in there either. I haven’t tried out NVDA on that as yet (been doing

Microsoft infects defectors

2018-10-27 Thread Michael Butash
Saw this tonight, not so unbelievable, and yet such a dirtbag thing to see. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/10/27/stop-using-microsoft-edge-to-download-chrome-unless-you-want-malware/ Exactly why I defected to linux. I note when I install a windoze os still, launching edge to