Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

[James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net>]

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.
>
> [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/

Perhaps someone didn't uncheck the checkbox on download....

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