[fyodor at insecure.org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!]

Michael Painter tvhawaii at shaka.com
Fri Dec 9 01:00:26 UTC 2011


Kyle Duren wrote:
> http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57338809-12/a-note-from-sean-regarding-the-download.com-installer/
>
> In case no one saw this yet.
>
> -Kyle

Sean's apology for their 'mistake' rings hollow.
They've had almost 4 months to implement a solution to rectify these 'mistakes', but chose to ignore it until the uproar 
caused by the nmap community.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/93504-download-com-wraps-downloads-in-bloatware-lies-about-motivations

It's always about the Money.

--Michael 





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