Oracle’s Java, infamous in the past for bundling the Ask Toolbar as part of its install and update processes, is ditching Ask in favour of Yahoo’s search engine.
Tag Archives: foistware
If you hammer your RAM, won’t that break it? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
From CPUs on fire to hammered memory modules – here’s our latest 60 Second Security video! Why not give it a try…
SSCC 189 – Hey, is that your CPU on fire? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our weekly security podcast. Sharp, witty and educational, as usual (if we do say so ourselves)…enjoy!
Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? “Foistware” back in the spotlight…
If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a “recommended extra”, is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner…
“Oops! I’m sorry about that” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here it is – this week’s 60 Second Security video. News that will amuse, and it only takes a minute…
Anti-piracy group warns about malware-riddled sites – fair, or scaremongering?
According to a study carried out by Incopro and published the Industry Trust, all but 1 of 30 sites investigated served malware, potentially unwanted software or some form of credit card fraud. But the report has been described by some as “biased”, “misleading” and “scaremongering through carefully chosen statistics”.