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The update in question, KB982217, is labeled "Update for Microsoft Search Enhancement Pack" and marked as an Important update rather than Optional. This means the extension will be installed either automatically, if the user has Automatic Updates on, or manually when the user clicks Install, as Important updates are checked by default. What makes matters worse is that the update's knowledge base article says nothing about installing an extension or add-on.
There doesn't seem to be any security implications to this add-on's background installation, but as you can imagine Mozilla is not particularly amused by having Microsoft silently updating their browser -- and Firefox users probably won't be either. If you don't appreciate the extension cluttering up your Firefox, or simply don't use Bing's bar, it's safe to remove it just as you would with other extensions -- you can also delete the Firefox Extension folder from "C:Program FilesMicrosoftSearch Enhancement PackSearch Helper" to make sure it's gone from your Firefox install.
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Hah. Nice try Microsoft. Good thing I haven't gotten around to updating in a few weeks.
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ehh i updated earlier today and i didnt get that update...why is that? is it just on the 64 bit version? please check
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its not just on the 64bit.. i could ov swore that update was not offered to me yesterday!
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I certainly didn't see it and I look at each update individually before installing.
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Wasn't part of my updates yesterday. Win 7 64-bit OS
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BMfan said:
Same,i wasn't offered the update either.
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So many updates this time around and beta SP1 coming out.
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Using Vista 64-bit. Didn't get that particular update. I usually check as most of you already stated.
Sneaky though.
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Ya, I also didn't have that option..and I use the bing toolbar in firefox.
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Another reason why I have automatic updates turned off!
I check the updates about once every couple weeks and selectively
install the ones I want. Just because it is new, doesn't make it better,
just new. Sometimes updates break more than they fix.
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Likewise, I double-checked after the patch and didn't get the update and I as well have Bing in my search options for FF.
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What does the update do?
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Just updated yesterday and didn't get this, perhaps it's moved in a different or optional category?
Anyways I'm using minefield firefox 3.7 alpha, works a treat.
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