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Don't need it? Don't install it.
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| Apple may have recently shoved an unsafe update down your PC's
| throat, but the broader problem is Apple, or anyone else,
| installing any unnecessary program on your PC.
|
| [...]
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| I didn't think anything more about it. I don't install programs I
| don't need or plan on testing. Others though did and they
| discovered that this completely unneeded Apple shovelware for
| 99.9999% of all users installs not just a configuration program,
| but the Apache Web server as well. For the tiny number of people
| who do need it, this lets corporate iPhone users 'phone' in to
| the business Web server for updates.
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http://www.itworld.com/security/79064/dont-need-it-dont-install-it
Related:
Companies Struggle as Safari Pops Up on Networks
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| Because of the way Apple had configured the update, anyone who clicked OK
| automatically installed the company's Web browser. Most users thought that
| Safari was simply a component of the Apple software they'd already installed,
| Wilson said.
|
| "This is not good; this is a security risk," he said. "We're a bank."
|
| Wilson said it has taken him the better part of a week to remove Safari from
| his network and prevent it from being reinstalled.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144162/companies_struggle_as_safari_pops_up_on_networks.html
Mozilla CEO Criticizes Apple's Stealth Safari Update
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| Lilly doesn't have a problem with Apple using its software update utility to
| keep its users up-to-date with iTunes and QuickTime, or any other Apple
| software they may have installed. The problem for Lilly is that even if you
| don't have Safari installed, Apple pushes the update to users and checks
| the "install" box by default.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143752-pg,1/article.html
Apple pushes Safari on Windows via iTunes updater
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| Apple has started offering Windows users its Safari 3.1 Web browser through
| the same online updater it utilizes for iTunes and the QuickTime video
| player.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9900456-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Apple faces suit over iPod-iTunes link
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| As if its options woes weren't trouble enough, Apple Computer Inc.
| said Friday it is facing several federal lawsuits, including one
| alleging the company created an illegal monopoly by tying iTunes
| music and video sales to its market-leading iPod portable players.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_hi_te/apple_lawsuits
EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes
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| Norway, a European country that is not in the EU, is battling Apple
| for the same reason. In January, it said the computer and software
| giant must liberalize its music download system by October 1 or
| face legal action.
|
| Pressure on Apple has been building, with consumer rights
| organizations from Germany, France, Finland and Norway recently
| agreeing a joint position in their battles against iTunes.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070311/wr_nm/eu_apple_dc
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