Microsoft Secretly Installs Firefox Extension Through WU
Ars Technica has done the legwork here, and it’s actually pretty bad.
This Tuesday, Redmond pushed out its usual batch of updates, and one of them relates to the Windows Live Toolbar, MSN Toolbar, and Bing Bar.
Without asking the user, and without any indications, the update in question, KB982217, installs two browser extensions - one for Internet Explorer, one for Firefox.
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