Re: AbiWord on C|Net download DOT com

Hi Hub,

Thanks very much for looking into this. I'd hate our users to have
that crap install in our name.

Cheers

Martin

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Hub Figuière <hfiguiere@teaser.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> On 08/12/11 05:51 PM, Hub Figuière wrote:
>
>> AbiWord for Windows on C|Net download DOT com is "wrapped" in a crapware
>> installer that prompt you to install some sort of malware.
>>
>> It work by making you donwload a cnet installer that will then download
>> AbiWord actual installer.
>>
>> I don't know what our legal options or, but I do want them to stop doing
>> that.
>> I'll start by asking nicely.
>
> Also I wanted to add that it all started with nmap complaining about it:
>
> <http://insecure.org/news/download-com-fiasco.html>
>
> And then C|Net replied:
>
> <http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57338809-12/a-note-from-sean-regarding-the-download.com-installer/>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hub
Received on Fri Dec 9 03:32:45 2011