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19 Mar 2008On my main machine I had installed Safari for Windows for testing purposes. Knowing that, I was not surprised when Apple’s update software alerted me that 3.1 was available for download. I updated and all was right with the world.
I saw update pop up on my wife’s machine this week and noticed Safari in the list of updates, no biggie I thought, perhaps she had installed it also.
It was when I saw the software alert on my 64-bit machine that alarms went off. Apple was telling me there was an update for Safari to be installed when Safari had never been installed previously.
Now I may be splitting hairs here, but adding new software under the guise of an update seems to be pretty shady to me. Someone that isn’t paying much attention might bet getting all sorts of software that he or she never intended.
If I remember correctly, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back with Limewire and labeled it as Mal-ware. I am not saying that Safari is dangerous, but given the state of browsers and the constant attacks the receive, they very may well be, but since when does “update” mean, install whatever you want.

Jason Burns is a technology enthusiast, Microsoft guy, photographer, musician and all around geek. This blog is the general rambling one, check out the links for the specific ones!
1 Response to Say it ain’t so Apple, Safari now iTunes crapware???
Scott
March 20th, 2008 at 8:19 am
This smells of RealPlayer. Not cool, man.