Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

Hi Christian,

> So, I was updating flash on a computer lately, when I noticed the
> prompt below*, reminding me of this conversation.
Its a different URL. The URL I used was provided by the Adobe Flash Update
Service.

Considering how bad they've done in userland, its a scary thought they are
installing software at an elevated privilege level (and IT allows it).

> or maybe it just took me a few weeks to photoshop this....
If you can't program them or secure them, you might as well paint on them.

Jeff

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>wrote:

> So, I was updating flash on a computer lately, when I noticed the prompt
> below*, reminding me of this conversation.
>
> *or maybe it just took me a few weeks to photoshop this....you decide.
>
> To the more reasonable readers, I guess Adobe could have had a genuine
> mistake / bug in their code....nothing new.
> Don't know why it's such a big deal.
>
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Marcio B. Jr. <marcio.barbado () gmail com>wrote:
>
> > You may be interested in getting acquainted with the fact that life is
> > possible (it's actually stupendously better) without crapware.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
> > 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.
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.google.com/#q=Adobe+site%3Asecurityfocus.com.
> > > [2]
> > http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=adobe&search_type=all&cves=on
> > > [3]
> > http://lastwatchdog.com/adobe-surpasses-microsoft-favorite-hackers-target/
> > > [4] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/security_predictions_2010/
> > >
> > > [SNIP]

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