Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
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| Microsoft's decision to push IE7 to customers via Automatic Updates has
| been criticised by some security experts and rivals
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| Automatic Updates is a Windows feature typically used for security
| updates, but Microsoft has also used it to push its WGA Notifications tool.
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| Experts warned on Thursday that Microsoft's continued use of the
| Automatic Updates channel to push out both security updates and
| product packages could backfire.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39279992,00.htm
I guess they can just 'push' their software onto people's
machines whenever they desire. Firefox does not have this
advantage (let alone O/S coupling and prebundling).
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