Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx. Message-ID: <258382C6-4904-44EE-86D4-1F8F97559983@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <CANLX3yhxwO-ExLOFpXJOJ5n6B0shtEz8FN_7sQZSeOf12_pKwA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANLX3yhxwO-ExLOFpXJOJ5n6B0shtEz8FN_7sQZSeOf12_pKwA@mail.gmail.com>
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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? -- Ryan=
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