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Speaking of badware: last week I found Mac Afee installed on the laptop of a relative that I manage. I assured me that he had not installed it himself (I had no
by herogreen 9y ago
Speaking of badware: last week I found Mac Afee installed on the laptop of a relative that I manage. I assured me that he had not installed it himself (I had not installed anything actually). Could it have come from windows updates ?
- plaguuuuuu 9y agoif you manage their device there's a great chance they have no fucking idea what they're doing and could easily have installed it unintentionally
- mynameisvlad 9y agoNo, Windows Update doesn't distribute third party software. And even if it did, MSE is technically a competitor to McAfee so there wouldn't really be a solid reason to distribute it. Your relative probably installed something and pressed "Next" through all the dialogs including the ones asking if they want to install super helpful bundled software.
- v0x 9y agoMcAfee comes packaged in the installation of some other software, e.g., Java, where it can easily be installed by mistake if you aren't paying attention.