Back in the day, installation of software was pretty straightforward. You’d download the installer, agree to the terms, click next, click next again, press finish, and you’re done. Nowadays developers have gotten a bit more cunning and have slipped in toolbar installations and whatnot in their installers.
For those who don’t check the process carefully, they will end up with a ton of different toolbars and services on their computers without knowing where they came from. Apparently Microsoft has had enough of this and starting this summer, the company plans on doing something about adware being installed onto computers. (more…)
Microsoft Will Finally Address Adware This Summer original content from Ubergizmo.
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