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As part of the regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an update for its different toolbars and renovation came from more than just a documented fix. The update installs the add-on for Internet Explorer and an extension for Mozilla Firefox browser, with or without your permission. As shown in the screenshot above, Windows Update, Microsoft does not mean that the update will not install anything for your browser. It is also unclear what is really actually installed the extension.
To make matters worse, the update listed as "important" instead of "option", which means that it was more likely to be installed automatically(if you have Automatic Updates) or manually when a user clicks Install(Important updates are checked by default).
On the Microsoft support for this update, KB982217 , describes how the update supposedly fixes:. "In the Web browser, specify a homepage that is not fully qualified URL, however, Windows Live Toolbar, MSN Toolbar, or Bing, a lawyer can not properly classify the main page. Therefore, the main reporting can be generated for users who incorrectly choose Help to improve quality of service option when installing these bars. "
Bing bar, which replaced both the Windows Live Toolbar and the MSN Toolbar is available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox, so we assume that only these two browsers are intact. Despite this, the article does not mention the KB feature or extension is installed or updated.
> Since I could not find any official Microsoft documentation, we checked the actual IE add-on and extension to Firefox. Unfortunately, there were very helpful, all we found was that IE add-on is version 3.0.126.0, so it has been for some time, and that the extension of Firefox 1.0, so it is likely that only released now. Both seem to be installed in "C: \ Program Files \ Microsoft \ Search Enhancement Pack \ Search Helper \". Inside is a file named "SEPsearchhelperie.dll", which is responsible for IE add-on and "firefoxextension" responsible for the Firefox folder. Update can not be uninstalled, but the removal of these files works fine.
Users started reporting this issue yesterday on MozillaZine Forum Firefox Support section. Firefox users ran Windows Update, and after restarting Firefox, they noticed that the window was open and showed the new extensions Location: Search Helper Extension. IE users probably will not notice the update, because the browser did not check whether to run new additions have been installed. At the time of writing this thread the question was only 14 posts, but confirmed that the extension is actually installed:
On one of the our Windows systems, we have Windows Live Toolbar for Internet Explorer, but not for Firefox. However, installing this update added add-on/extension both browsers that do not tell us that it would do so. On our second system, we Bing Bar installed Internet Explorer, but has been disabled. Firefox is not installed. This system has the update, so I decided to install Firefox. Bing not only extend the current bar when you first start Firefox, but it was the search for Helper Extension.
Additional tests determined that the update is offered to those with one of the Microsoft toolbars installed, regardless whether they are enabled or disabled. It is not known how many members belong to this scenario, but the toolbars are often shipped with new computers and popular downloads Microsoft.
worst of the problem is that Microsoft does not seem to be aware of this: Microsoft spokesperson simply remind us of the above Microsoft page that does not accurately describe the update. We asked the company to explain why the extension is installed and what it does, and finally got the answer .
Mozilla answered our questions about the potential for security reasons. "We are in contact with Microsoft, and looking at it," said Mozilla spokesman Ars. "As far as we know, at this moment there is no security implications of this addition to the installation in the background."
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