Are Fox It and Opera known malware distributors?
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From: HTH on 10 Aug 2010 02:13 > Also updated an old installation of Opera with the latest and greatest. What version of Opera are you running now? [rest of slime binned] HTH
From: B℮ar Bottoms on 10 Aug 2010 17:02 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:54:17 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > Foragers sniffed up my web site with Opera. Hummer says they also did him. Was it version 9.80? Cos if it was, it was za kAT, and he's slam dunked!!!! -- B℮ar Bottoms Proud p0wner of Googleware
From: Mutlley on 10 Aug 2010 20:19 Bear Bottoms <removebearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: >Teflon <spambaitmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:a747deaa-44cd-48b5-bb5d- >f4adedee2879(a)i19g2000pro.googlegroups.com: > >> Yesterday, after running a Secunia PSI scan on XP Pro SP3 machine, I >> decided to get rid of the unpatchable Adobe Reader 9.3.3 and go with >> Fox It. Also updated an old installation of Opera with the latest and >> greatest. I diligently read all of the Custom options as I installed >> each, and opted out of the toolbars, etc. offered. >> >> However, after all was installed, I noticed an eBay icon on the >> desktop that I had not put there. Checked the icon's properties and >> it was a pointer to something besides eBay - www.adon-demand.de/red/2303/. >> Did a Search on my machine and found there were several more >> appearances of that pointer, one in the files associated with the Fox >> It download and one with the Opera files. >> >> A Google search produced some accounts of this pointer being >> downloaded with the Unlocker app. >> >> I'm just wondering if any one else has had a similar experience with >> these, or other freeware apps, and what, if any, harm they did or can >> do? >> >> Will be interested in your experiences, comments, actions and visceral >> opinions of the miscreants who so vilely disrespect their supporters. > You need to look at the installer options with Foxit as unless you are alert you will install the Ebay icon as well.. Most free software these days will do this..
From: Teflon on 11 Aug 2010 15:15 > I'm sorry -- Where is the malware ? > You ask if FoxIt and Opera are known to be malwrae distributers (and you state that ONLY > in the subject and failed to put that in the body of your post) and fail to provide and > information or evidence of "malware". > Excuse me, Dave, no where in my post did I 'state' that FoxIt and Opera were malware distributors. I merely asked a question, which is considerably different from making a statement. Therefore, your defense of these two vendors may be premature. As to the malware that prompted the question, I guess that depends on your definition of malware. My definition would include any uninvited thing put on my system that deviously masks its ultimate purpose behind a guise of legitimacy. The eBay icon, that is actually a pointer to a website that is NOT eBay, fits that definition to a tee. Now if you enjoy playing these 'I wonder where this link will take me' games, then you probably would not define that as malware. > Neither FoxIt or Opera are known to distribute malware! Per your definition of malware, not mine.
From: Teflon on 11 Aug 2010 15:24
> > i.e. he is a troll. > > Yrrah > If your definition of a troll is an individual who sifts through these posts, disregarding the immature collection of 6th grade recess taunts, in the hopes of gleaning some worthy bits of software App knowledge or wisdom, then I plead guilty. Though tedious at times, I have plucked gems from the posts of the more astute contributors, with Yrrah being among that group, at times. I'm disappointed in you, Yrrah. |