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ctuna



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:52 pm    Post subject: Whenever you update Java the try to sneak the Ask toolbar in Reply with quote

Whenever you update Java they try to sneak the Ask toolbar in
to take control of your browser.
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spennie



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, Java tried that one on me this morning!

Lots of updates try to do that, however, it's not particularly evil, just something you have to look out for.

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ctuna



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:17 am    Post subject: Its kind of evil Reply with quote

Its kind of evil
When it wipes out your home page and directs you to the sites
it want you to see and installs a bunch of spie ware and add ware.

if I highlight and click your link for example it goes to a dlink search page
the is evil.
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