Adobe Download Manager Installing Software Without Consent

Posted by timothy on Friday February 19, 2010 @10:31AM from the plus-one-invitation dept.

"Not all is worth cheering about as Adobe turns 20," writes reader adeelarshad82, who excerpts from a story at PC Magazine's Security Watch: "Researcher Aviv Raff has found a problem in ADM (Adobe Download Manager) and the method through which it is delivered from adobe.com. The net effect of the problem is that a user can be tricked into downloading and installing software using ADM without actual consent. Tonight Adobe acknowledged the report and said they were working on the issue with Raff and NOS Microsystems, the company that wrote ADM."

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Adobe is not 20 years old by dangitman · 2010-02-19 12:44 · Score: 0, Redundant

"Not all is worth cheering about as Adobe turns 20,"
Photoshop is turning 20 this month, not Adobe, which was founded in 1982.

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Re:Bonjour by Evil+Shabazz · 2010-02-19 13:38 · Score: 1, Redundant

Okay, well, on this one I'm probably confused because I've seen the Bonjour name pop up in the Apple software update. Sorry. Thanks for the clarification.

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