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Date:      Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:25:20 -0700
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.
Message-ID:  <20111211182520.GA7023@hemlock.hydra>
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 05:32:00AM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> >> 
> >> So, wait, Firefox is Malware? Did you notice that with FF4
> >> they changed it so that you didn't get prompted on launch
> >> it overrides your default but instead it's a checkbox inside
> >> the installer?
> > 
> > I've never installed something in "Windows" so my
> > opinion has limited fact-backup here. I don't even
> > see from your post _what_ they changed in FF4 - the
> > default browser? The home page? Additional toolbars?
> > Some advertising? Hmmm…
> 
> You no longer are prompted on first load of the program to change your
> default browser. That's done for you on the installation program.
> 
> Which is *EXACTLY WHAT I SAID*

I understand your point, but what you said exactly was only that it
"overrides your default", and not what default was overridden.



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