is Apple, Adobe, Sun and REALAUDIO Spreading Malwares ?
Updating software with latest updates is good practice but some vendors using their updates to push some other software’s also. All these companies installation includes some additional downloads and users has to unselsect these default options. So are these additional software are working as "Malware" ?
Apple: Apple Quick time updates pushes Apple’s Safari web browser and iTunes towards your computer. Recently I think they also pushes the Mobileme as their software update.
Adobe : Adobe’s Acrobat Reader default installation includes Google reader.
JAVA: Java default updates are now pushing Puzzle Pirates. Sun has also included their Open office as Java software update. Java Update also includes Yahoo toolbar.
REALAUDIO: The media player’s default installation includes BOTH the Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I don’t accept offers to install search toolbars myself (just as I don’t usually click on advertisements in weblogs promoted through Digg), but I’m not sure what leads you to characterize Google’s offerings as malware…?
jd/adobe
July 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
neither i do install search and other offers from many softwares they are not probably malwares they are somewhat offers they do give complete information and ask you if y ou wana install or not you can simply reject it and they are not fool aps what they install they prolly have good repute around =/