SweX 871 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I wrote about bundles in the past, having investigated complaints from a forum user that we had installed undesirable software, along his copy of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Our stance on PUPs, or Potentially Unwanted Programs hasn’t changed, in fact many businesses are now aligning themselves with us in our stance on this type of software and the practices of their creators. I was personally involved in explaining what behaviors earn programs the PUP classification. You can read about our selection criteria here: https://www.malwarebytes.org/pup/ hxxp://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/07/pups-are-persistent/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakasi 549 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Good blog. Very good blog. Anti-spyware coalition best practices kinda sits on malwarebytes guidelines though. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweX 871 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Yeah its great. Personally I was unaware of that Oracle now bundles the ASK Toolbar with Java judging by one of the screenshots. It is quite disgusting seeing a company of Oracle's size getting involved with that, they are no small player that needs extra money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakasi 549 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Actually they have been bundling Ask for 10 years + lol Sometimes they bundle McAfee too. Edited July 23, 2014 by Arakasi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweX 871 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Actually they have been bundling Ask for 10 years + lol Sometimes they bundle McAfee too. That's weird, during the time I used Java I never saw any bundles in the official installer when I downloaded it from Sun. I would absolutely have remember if I had seen any 3'rd party offer. And I did never see anything like that through all the years when I had Java installed and the countless times I updated it. Maybe it depends on Geo location? Edited July 23, 2014 by SweX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakasi 549 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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