10-06-2010
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| MyCE Senior Member  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mesa, AZ
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| Microsoft sneaks Firefox extension into Windows update Microsoft sneaks Firefox extension into Windows update.  On Tuesday, Firefox users began reporting on the mozillaZine forums that a “Search Helper Extension” had been mysteriously added to their browser upon restarting the application after the Windows Update installation.Read the full article here: http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-s...-update-30721/ Please note that the reactions from the complete site will be synched below. |
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10-06-2010
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| MyCE Resident  Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: in your mind.
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| Re: Microsoft sneaks Firefox extension into Windows update Very strange indeed.
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10-06-2010
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| It is very unscrupulous of Microsoft to sneak a Firefox extension into an "Important" Windows update. Shame on them! I'm glad that it's easy to uninstall, but that doesn't forgive their behavior. |
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11-06-2010
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| As if we needed another reason to avoid the insipid toolbars. |
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