From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 15:39:15 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 D34491065676 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:39:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85C88FC23 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381E42792E7E; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:45:34 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9PclRNsLq8xv; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:45:19 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.46.173] (173-160-104-249-Minnesota.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.160.104.249]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0AD422792E7F; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:45:19 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <258382C6-4904-44EE-86D4-1F8F97559983@d3photography.com> References: To: Chris Brennan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:39:15 -0000 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=