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Re:uTorrent tricking users into changing default browser set... by Xylakant on Friday October 25, 2013 @10:03AM (#6611632)
How? Every package manager that I've seen so far allows installations of locally downloaded packages. Some will even helpfully download all dependencies. That's a good thing in general, however, the package could just as well contain adware/spyware. And every package format that I know of supports post-install scripts, those could easily change configuration settings. Since package install runs as root that added layer of security doesn't help here.

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