[Sussex] Mozilla ain't perfect but...

[Geoff Teale]

Mozilla may not be perfect, but at least we don't get this: (reposted from
Slashdot)

"Following the same devious footsteps of the infamous Bonzi Buddy, Gator,
and Comet Cursor "enhancements", Xupiter now has their own self-installing
toolbar for IE. There are many claims that if you leave your security
preferences at their default level, it will install itself without your
express permission. And once on your system, it's gracious enough to reset
your homepage to xupiter.com, forward all your searches to their search
engine, download and automatically launch applications (like gambling
applets), and blocks all attempts to set these back to normal. Removing it
isn't trivial either - it automatically checks for updates upon reboot,
where it constantly changes the registry settings it uses, making the jobs
of spyware removal programs like AdAware or Spybot Search & Destroy much
harder. No word yet if it collects and forwards personal data." 

 
Isn't it a lovely world we all live in!
-- 
geoff.teale at claybrook.co.uk
tealeg at member.fsf.org

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