Hello,
At 23:36 20-06-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>You mentioned about Microsoft in an unclear way. Microsoft has
>tagged the previous versions of Ask toolbar for their ability to
>change search criteria and keep hold on certain browser settings;
>like not letting change the homepage. Microsoft tagged them as
>unwanted software. The advisory does not apply to the latest version
>of the Ask toolbar from what I read.
Here are some old comments:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=627084&sid=d693b3d60ab349e9d58281e4cccdc2d2
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/ynSDZC_QdYk
According to
http://blog.soluto.com/2013/07/how-oracle-manages-java-and-pushes-ask-toolbar/
40% of ask.com installations from the company's statistics are caused
by "a Java update or install". Getting listed by Microsoft as a
"high threat" is not a good sign.
>You mentioned the 'compromised island' in your title. Is the 'Ask'
>situation unique to Mauritius? Alexa shows the following ranking for ask.com:
>
>
>Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country
>United States 11.3% 64
>India 6.6% 50
>Indonesia 6.5% 10
>Iran 4.5% 9
>Algeria 3.6% 7
>
>In a country like USA, where a lot of people use Internet via mobile
>devices, which would be less likely to have an Ask toolbar in the
>mobile browser, ask.com still ranks under top 100. Is it balanced to
>say the United States of America is a security plagued developed country?
The ranking of ask.com is 10. That is higher than orange.mu or
live.com. The ranking of ask.com in Reunion Island is 12. Those
rankings are unusually high compared to other countries. Logan made
an interesting find. In some other countries there would be a person
or organisation looking into such issues and sharing the
results. That helps to evaluate the security risk. Is anyone doing
that in Mauritius?
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Jun 21 2015 - 07:58:49 PST