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I didn't know about that. Too bad, and the way PG was defending a crapware installing product was really unconvincing. Any application which installs other ones
by piyush_soni 11y ago
I didn't know about that. Too bad, and the way PG was defending a crapware installing product was really unconvincing. Any application which installs other ones by relying on accidental clicks by users is without a doubt doing wrong.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoIts funny how stupid smart people get when they're chasing big IPO dreams.
- davidgerard 11y agoMicrosoft is now correctly marking "adware" as the malware it is: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-to-detect-search-protection-code-as-malware/113027 https://threatpost.com/microsoft-to-detect-search-protection...
- whoopdedo 11y agoOnly when the ads aren't coming from Microsoft themselves. Like how they pushed KB3035583, the advertisement to upgrade to Windows 10, as a "recommended" update that would be installed without user interaction if you had WU configured to download automatically.
- yuhong 11y agoWin10 don't harm your computer the way these "adware" does.
- mynameisvlad 11y agoThe next OS update isn't really "adware", or an ad, especially when it's a free update that will most likely be updateable to the RTM build (based on how smooth build-to-build upgrades have gotten). If you're going to apply this standard, OSX does the same thing now, it'll prompt you to update to the latest 10.X. Ubuntu does it too, it lists it at the top of the software upgrade.