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Re:Emails a browser extension developer gets from scammers by throwawayboise on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:13PM (#25886154)
Not just small free apps. Oracle would install the Ask toolbar when you installed their database server, unless you noticed and un-ticked that option in one of the installer dialogs. Oracle.
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Re:Emails a browser extension developer gets from scammers by akiselev on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:16PM (#25886174)
IIRC for a while the official Java runtime installer also installed the Ask toolbar.
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