i used bing by mistake when trying to download VLC. it gave me that wrapped shit that tried to put all kinds of programs in my computer; like 15 or so different programs. i attributed it to using bing as a search engine. microsoft... blah On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > Except that you get the opportunity to opt out of that program, this > making it bloatware. > > Seriously, guys, this is not some shadow program that gets installed with > it. You have the choice to skip that piece of the install. > > -- > Ryan > > On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:44 AM, gregrwm wrote: > > if it makes unsolicited changes to settings of an unrelated program, it's > malware. and claiming consent via intentionally misleading via legaleze > overdose doesn't work for me. otoh the windoze eula legitimizes malware. > (and Swype changes malware to bakeware!) > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111207/a2440cf3/attachment.html>