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Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:40:36 -0400
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:26 PM, James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net> wrote:
On 2012-09-06 11:09, Jeffrey Walton wrote:The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has figured out a way to further increase an attack surface. Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent. The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is what I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security vulnerability fixes. It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla. +1 Adobe. [SNIP]Perhaps someone didn't uncheck the checkbox on download....
Fortunately, I still had the browser Windows open (that was opened by the update process): https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_Internet_Explorer. No check boxes - only instructions to install. Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent Jeffrey Walton (Sep 06)
- Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent James Lay (Sep 06)
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- Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent Gage Bystrom (Sep 06)
- Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent Jeffrey Walton (Sep 06)
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- Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent Christian Sciberras (Sep 18)
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