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Tag Archives: Adobe
Crapware, and how we got here
Crapware is in the news in a big way this week thanks to Oracle’s recent Java “security” update and a blog post by Long Zheng that exposes the economic incentives for software developers to bundle crapware installers. He also points out that … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Search, Windows
Tagged Adobe, Bing, crapware, Google, Java, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Yahoo
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Adobe Reader installing McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware
When I recently upgraded a couple of computers to the latest version of Adobe Reader I discovered something very disturbing. The download installs software from McAfee (of all people) that amounts to Scareware (a type of Malware that tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Reader, malware, McAfee, McAfee Security Scan Plus, Rogue AV, Scareware, security, Spyware
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