On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM, James
Courtier-Dutton<james.dutton@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried downloading and installing Chrome on a Windows XP machine from
> within firefox.
> The interesting point is that it seems to bypass the "save to folder
> X" and the "run are you sure" dialog boxes that firefox normally
> produces. So, simply clicking on the google web site to download
> Chrome also installs Chrome without me saying OK.
>
> Has anyone else found this?
> Seems like a good virus vector to me.
is that the Microsoft .NET add-in at work?
see:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html
jack
