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Old 06-11-2010, 06:11 AM   #1
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LXer: Microsoft sneaks Firefox extension into Windows update


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This week’s installment of the regular Windows Update pack seems to have included more than Microsoft has disclosed to consumers. On Tuesday, Firefox users began reporting on the mozillaZine forums that a “Search Helper Extension” had been mysteriously added to their browser upon restarting the application after the Windows Update installation.

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Old 06-11-2010, 06:47 AM   #2
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Why is this Linux news?
 
Old 06-11-2010, 03:26 PM   #3
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Well it was a FOSS subject, but to be fair to Microsoft, it

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was offered to computers with the Windows Live Toolbar, MSN Toolbar, or Bing Bar installed.
which means the people affected are already drinking the koolaid.
 
  


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