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My Firefox currently has a plugin named "Windows Activation Technologies". I assume this was installed by Microsoft; presumably it's not spying on me logging my
by archangel_one 16y ago
My Firefox currently has a plugin named "Windows Activation Technologies". I assume this was installed by Microsoft; presumably it's not spying on me logging my data although I don't of course know that for sure. But there is no option to uninstall it, so by your definition that is indeed evil.
- sudont 16y agoWould malicious be a better term? I'm assuming you could fix this, but the majority of computer users would have no idea what this is, or even that the plugin architecture exists.
- halostatue 16y agoYou get that if you do a Windows activation through Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. Would you prefer the alternative of only being able to activate Windows through IE?
- shadowfox 16y agoYou can also choose to run an application each time and paste in a result, if I remember right.
- trezor 16y agoYou are prompted to install this plugin if you try to activate/validate Windows or other software via Firefox instead of MSIE. At least Microsoft let you choose to install this and what browser you want to use.