full-disclosure - Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

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Message-ID: <0e839c3f7588f803ead063cadad95e47@localhost>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:26:54 -0600
From: James Lay <jlay@...ve-tothe-box.net>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez
	without Consent

On 2012-09-06 11:09, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has
> figured out a way to further increase an attack surface.
>
> Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent.
> The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is 
> what
> I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security
> vulnerability fixes.
>
> It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla.
>
> +1 Adobe.
>
> [1] http://www.google.com/#q=Adobe+site%3Asecurityfocus.com.
> [2]
>
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=adobe&search_type=all&cves=on
> [3]
>
http://lastwatchdog.com/adobe-surpasses-microsoft-favorite-hackers-target/
> [4] 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/security_predictions_2010/

Perhaps someone didn't uncheck the checkbox on download....
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