Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-11 Thread Chad Perrin
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 la

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-11 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> >> On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to t

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:05 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you > >> not go to the development website to get the program anyway? > >

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you >> not go to the development website to get the program anyway? > > Uninvitedly adding toolbars, changing web browser > home page and d

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:38:59 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you > not go to the development website to get the program anyway? Uninvitedly adding toolbars, changing web browser home page and default search engine are - in my opinion - malicious acts,

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman > wrote: > Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was the > reason for the /. article… > > stupid peons… > > It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Yeah, someone on my LUG list tried to claim that the TCLUG list was the > reason for the /. article… > > stupid peons… > > It's still not malware, it's bloatware. Why would you not go to the > development website to get the program anyway? S

Re: OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Ryan Coleman
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

OT: C|Net's Download.com adware, spyware, malware hijinkx.

2011-12-09 Thread Chris Brennan
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. NMap's author, over at insecure.org got pretty hot abou