From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 11 18:52:22 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 990921065673 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:52:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy9.bluehost.com (oproxy9.bluehost.com [69.89.24.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 63BFA8FC1C for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:52:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12397 invoked by uid 0); 11 Dec 2011 18:25:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy9.bluehost.com with SMTP; 11 Dec 2011 18:25:21 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=XpxEnRpeW8xK6yiwyuI0NaXZTSbEmRm13c5Or+a2llk=; b=e2h9p98gRb4AqGhniIZyn2XRv1t9SGqd/1Mc4J3X9tBxBdHYi7IlgthWjQcq4+Hc0vKv3rpxgefoLiYZxGBgpj8Tff2XQaXZ82SQyrNsdN31PZBFV+f28LvfRi8RwV6e; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RZo5R-0001bp-Cx for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:25:21 -0700 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:25:20 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111211182520.GA7023@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <258382C6-4904-44EE-86D4-1F8F97559983@d3photography.com> <20111209190305.c6bc60cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <49B5BAFE-22AE-4AB0-A3FD-51FF9B1722DC@d3photography.com> <20111210073017.7e24a5aa.freebsd@edvax.de> <707ADED8-5417-429B-8EB1-D541068BE710@d3photography.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <707ADED8-5417-429B-8EB1-D541068BE710@d3photography.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:52:22 -0000 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.