Re: [off-topic] [plug OT]: Microsoft installs uninstallable …

Yeah I read about that one this morning.

I know ethics isn't really MS's thing, however forcibly installing this
dotnet crap and then disabling the uninstall of this add-on is bad even
for them.

I'm pretty sure MS would have something public to say if Mozilla started
forcibly deploying add-ons for IE that the user couldn't remove.

Apparently you can remove this thing from the registry. I haven't tried
it though.

D.



sothisistheinternet wrote:
> This crap REALLY pisses me off:
>
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html?wprss=securityfix
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lyu7n2
>
> I found this in my firefox add-ons and I certainly did NOT install it
> knowingly! Hopefully setting it to disabled will turn off its
> activity.
>
> Ari
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