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This will be a great way to automate Java and Flash updates, so users don't have play uncheck the adware every time there's an update.

cordite 12y ago
Just hope that oracle doesn't try to sneak install the ask toolbar with every update.
- aragot 12y ago
  Is there a reason why we have fewer of those problems with Mac OS X? I can see that the Windows audience often isn't tech-savvy enough to understand that Ask isn't part of Windows, and that's probably also because Chrome/Firefox/Safari are more diligent about managing extensions than IE. But there's a very serious constant problem of spyware/adware in Windows that I don't feel exists in Mac OS X and Linux.
  - guardian5x 12y ago
    Well you named it. Marketshare is still over 90% on the desktop and most non-tech-savvy users are likely to use Windows as well. I can't think of any other reason.
  - roel_v 12y ago
    Because the markets are too small. Windows is what, 90%+ market share? Why spend n2 or n3 times the effort (as a malware writer) when the absolute highest upshot is a single-digit percentage ?
  - Alphasite_ 12y ago
    There's not just that, we just don't use installers in 99% of apps either, which makes installing toolbars tricky.
andrewstuart2 12y ago
install-package java --defaults > Installing: > Java > Ask.com toolbar > Ask.com rootkit
- mahmud 12y ago
  More like C: \> instpkg32.exe /DefaultSettings:ALL_DEFAULTS C: \> Cryptically named command with verbose arguments, that then goes on to fire a GUI window that requires manual intervention: that's the Microsoft way.
  - zaroth 12y ago
    Not Any More, so we're told. I hope they prove it.
    - TheOsiris 12y ago
      I'll believe it when they let me resize the cmd window
      - useerup 12y ago
        Windows 10 command prompt will indeed let you resize the window. It will even re-flow the text already written, i.e. a long string written that flowed across several lines will also flow back into one line, once the window gets wide enough.
        krylon 12y ago
        FINALLY! \o/
      - SeanDav 12y ago
        You have always been able to resize the cmd window, not sure what you mean here.
        deleted 12y ago

cordite 12y ago

Just hope that oracle doesn't try to sneak install the ask toolbar with every update.

aragot 12y ago
Is there a reason why we have fewer of those problems with Mac OS X? I can see that the Windows audience often isn't tech-savvy enough to understand that Ask isn't part of Windows, and that's probably also because Chrome/Firefox/Safari are more diligent about managing extensions than IE. But there's a very serious constant problem of spyware/adware in Windows that I don't feel exists in Mac OS X and Linux.
- guardian5x 12y ago
  Well you named it. Marketshare is still over 90% on the desktop and most non-tech-savvy users are likely to use Windows as well. I can't think of any other reason.
- roel_v 12y ago
  Because the markets are too small. Windows is what, 90%+ market share? Why spend n2 or n3 times the effort (as a malware writer) when the absolute highest upshot is a single-digit percentage ?
- Alphasite_ 12y ago
  There's not just that, we just don't use installers in 99% of apps either, which makes installing toolbars tricky.

andrewstuart2 12y ago

install-package java --defaults > Installing: > Java > Ask.com toolbar > Ask.com rootkit

mahmud 12y ago
More like C: \> instpkg32.exe /DefaultSettings:ALL_DEFAULTS C: \> Cryptically named command with verbose arguments, that then goes on to fire a GUI window that requires manual intervention: that's the Microsoft way.
- zaroth 12y ago
  Not Any More, so we're told. I hope they prove it.
  - TheOsiris 12y ago
    I'll believe it when they let me resize the cmd window
    - useerup 12y ago
      Windows 10 command prompt will indeed let you resize the window. It will even re-flow the text already written, i.e. a long string written that flowed across several lines will also flow back into one line, once the window gets wide enough.
      - krylon 12y ago
        FINALLY! \o/
    - SeanDav 12y ago
      You have always been able to resize the cmd window, not sure what you mean here.
      - deleted 12y ago