Re: Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability -- PCTECH

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Subject: Re: Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability
From: Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:28:24 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 16:13, Douglas Handy <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If it installs itself without asking or disclosure, than by all means a
resounding yes.

How about Acrobat Reader, which automatically installs an IE or a
Firefox plugin?

Neither .NET 3.5 SP1 installs automatically (you have to opt-in into
Microsoft Update) nor does Skype or Acrobat Reader. But all of them
install Browser extensions.

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