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Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent


From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:33:04 -0400

Hi Thor,

This is a corporate laptop, and it needs Flash periodically. An Adobe
update process runs on occassion, prompting to install the update.

Actually, there wasn't even an option for other bits.
I did not have the option either.

Jeff

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Thor (Hammer of God)
<thor () hammerofgod com> wrote:
FYI, I updated as well, and only received the Flash bits.  Actually, there wasn't even an option for other bits.  It 
asked me at the end if I wanted auto, notify, or no update options but that was it. This was x86?
T

Sent from whatever device will keep us from debating which one is better.

On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:09 AM, 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/
<adobe-flash-install-shit.png>
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