Hello Ish,
>It would also be interesting to find how >Mauritians get a high rate of Ask.com >toolbar in their browser; Java install/>update, Symantec install, or through >other sources.
I agree with Logan, most people do not know what java is and why should they install it. Most of the time users have Java installed on their system is simply because another program which is dependant on it installed it and in most cases it does not install the toolbar.
I have encountered Ask toolbar installation while installing multimedia related apps such as Nero, multimedia converters and even utility tools. Ask toobar can be from a wider range of sources not just Sysmantec.
It's a good thing MSFT flagged the previous versions as malware. This might force ask.com to review their code.
Regards,
Cédric Poottaren
Software developer
http://jcplaboratory.org
--- Original Message ---
From: "Ish Sookun" <ish_at_hacklog.in>
Sent: June 21, 2015 12:43 PM
To: "S Moonesamy" <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>, mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
Subject: Re: The story of the security-plagued cyberisland
Hi SM,
On 06/21/2015 11:58 AM, S Moonesamy wrote:
>
> 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?
>
If someone does it in Mauritius, he/she may publish a paper, for which
you would require to pay a fee to access. Not everyone would share they
find for free.
Thank you Logan :-)
It would also be interesting to find how Mauritians get a high rate of
Ask.com toolbar in their browser; Java install/update, Symantec install,
or through other sources.
Regards,
--
Ish Sookun
- Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
- I blog at HACKLOG.in.
https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
Received on Sun Jun 21 2015 - 09:45:07 PST