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Microsoft hides mystery Firefox extension in toolbar update | |
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| Time: 15:11 EST/20:11 GMT | News Source: Ars Technica | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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As part of its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update for its various toolbars, and this update came with more than just documented fixes. The update also installs an add-on for Internet Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox, both without the user's permission. As you can see in the Windows Update screenshot above, Microsoft does not indicate that the update will install anything for either browser. It's also not really clear what the installed extension actually does. | ||
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| #1 By 17855 (205.167.180.131) at 6/15/2010 7:13:27 AM |
| I've seen this before. Believe installed with the Windows Live apps. |
| #2 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 6/15/2010 10:28:30 AM |
| and no doubt we'll see it again. MS seems very determined in believing that they know what's best so they'll just do it without informing you, despite the outcry from users who want MS to leave their fricken computer alone. No matter how many times they are told, they can't seem to understand that it is our computer and not theirs. If they want to install something, prompt us. That's all we ask. |
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