Microsoft put .NET extensions in Firefox (using Windows Update, without permission). And now this hypocrisy:
Microsoft Using Scare Tactics For Google Browser Extension?
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| Is Microsoft really concerned about the security of its
| users in this case, or is it just trying to dissuade
| people from using a competitor's plug-in? If the latter is
| the case, perhaps they should get in gear and support the
| latest technologies. Browsers are one market where
| Microsoft still dominates over Google. They don't want to
| lose that share.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/09/24/microsoft-using-scare-tactics-for-google-browser-extension
*Spark dumping campaign against Web standards:
Microsoft woos web devs with (semi-)free stuff
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| If accepted into the program, developers get access to
| various Microsoft Web design and development tools,
| including three licenses for Microsoft Visual Studio
| 2008 Professional Edition, two licenses for Microsoft
| Expression Web 3, and one license for Microsoft
| Expression Studio 3.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/microsoft_websitespark/
Recent:
Dear Microsoft: Don't meddle with Firefox
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| On every "patch Tuesday" the latest roll-up of bug fixes are pushed out to
| every Windows PC (that has automatic update turned on). All well-and-good,
| unless you had .NET 3.5 installed along with Firefox.
|
| Earlier this year Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 was pushed out
| to all relevant PCs. All well-and-good. Except that a hidden portion of the
| update added the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Firefox extension.
|
| Without notification, without permission.
|
| The .NET extensions allow (amongst other more 'reasonable' things) for
| websites to install any software of their choosing on your PC. Hang on;
| didn't we all switch to Firefox to avoid such behaviour?
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25485/1240/
Dear Microsoft: Don't meddle with Firefox
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| On every "patch Tuesday" the latest roll-up of bug fixes are pushed out to
| every Windows PC (that has automatic update turned on). All well-and-good,
| unless you had .NET 3.5 installed along with Firefox.
|
| Earlier this year Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 was pushed out
| to all relevant PCs. All well-and-good. Except that a hidden portion of the
| update added the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Firefox extension.
|
| Without notification, without permission.
|
| The .NET extensions allow (amongst other more 'reasonable' things) for
| websites to install any software of their choosing on your PC. Hang on;
| didn't we all switch to Firefox to avoid such behaviour?
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25485/1240/
Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=1716
Still a bunch of criminals. There is no "new Microsoft".
Recent:
Microsoft Sabotaging Firefox With Sneaky .NET Updates?
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| Sabotage may be a strong choice of word, but it immediately came to mind with
| the news of Microsoftâs latest .NET update.
|
| The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, unleashed in February,
| forces an undisclosed Firefox extension on Windows users,
| called âMicrosoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0â, and it does so without
| asking the users permission.
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http://startupearth.com/2009/05/31/microsoft-sabotaging-firefox-with-sneaky-net-updates/
Microsoft Sabotaging Firefox With Sneaky Add-Ons
http://slashdot.org/submission/1010693/Microsoft-Sabotaging-Firefox-With-Sneaky-Add-Ons
Microsoft Installs Firefox Add-ons Sans User Consent
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| Here at Techgeist, we do not like it when software does stuff to other
| software without asking. The problems are made that much worse when it's the
| operating system doing the dirty work. So we are all pretty angry at
| Microsoft right now. As part of a service pack for the .Net Framework, which
| they rolled out as a critical update via Windows Update, Microsoft also
| installed the ".Net Framework Assistant" add-on onto users' Firefox
| installations.
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http://techgeist.net/2009/05/microsoft-installs-firefox-add-ons-sans-user-consent/
Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension
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| A routine security update for a Microsoft Windows component installed on tens
| of millions of computers has quietly installed an extra add-on for an untold
| number of users surfing the Web with Mozilla's Firefox Web browser.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html?wprss=securityfix
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