Re: [Full-disclosure] Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:26 PM, James Lay <jlay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2012-09-06 11:09, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>
>> The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has
>> figured out a way to further increase an attack surface.
>>
>> Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent.
>> The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is what
>> I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security
>> vulnerability fixes.
>>
>> It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla.
>>
>> +1 Adobe.
>>
>> [SNIP]
>
> Perhaps someone didn't uncheck the checkbox on download....
Fortunately, I still had the browser Windows open (that was opened by
the update process):
https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/?installer=Flash_Player_11_for_Internet_Explorer.

No check boxes - only instructions to install.

Jeff

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