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Re: Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 19:19, John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It doesn't matter if the application is being installed automatically or
not. ÂWhat matters is that the application is modifying aspects of the
system that the user/administrator is not aware of and did not agree to. ÂIn
this case, modifying the behavior of other applications.

So by your definition, Adobe Acrobat is spyware?

It's clearly documented that this update will install a firefox
extension, it's also clearly documented that Adobe Acrobat will
install a IE/Firefox extension. I really don't see the issue here.


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