Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Chris Brennan wrote:

> Sorry for the cross post I hadn't seen any chatter about this on the =
lists.
> It
> would seem that Download.com got caught with their pants down and were
> re-wrapping F/OSS with their own installer and bundling adware, =
spyware
> and malware with it.
>=20
> NMap's author, over at insecure.org got pretty hot about it and has
> collected considerable information on the topic since he learned about =
it on Monday.


Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was the =
reason for the /. article=85

stupid peons=85

It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the =
development website to get the program anyway?

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Ryan=
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