OT: AIM
- From: "MacGregor, Ian A." <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Oracle Discussion List" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:02:37 -0800
Definitely off topic, but because Instant Messenger is so popular, I =
thought I'd forward a message IO received today from a coworker
"Today, I got a popup telling me that the ViewPoint IE Toolbar had been =
successfully installed on my computer. Since I never use IE and I =
wasn't using IE at the time, this surprised me. Googling turned up the =
fact that the ViewPoint IE Toolbar is spyware.
How did it get on my machine?
After a recent "Critical Security Update" to AIM two weeks ago, AIM =
installed ViewPoint Media Player (which I never asked for). ViewPoint =
Media Player today surreptitiously installed the ViewPoint IE toolbar.
AIM has a history of security and privacy problems. This was the last =
straw. If you want to IM me, you can use the Exchange IM client from =
the XWEB. I highly recommend you uninstall AIM as well. If you must =
communicate with AIM users, use a 3rd party client like GAIM or Trillian =
instead."
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Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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