Windows Update and Firefox
 

It had to happen sooner or later:

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/

Yes, I've tried it. :)
Yes, it worked perfectly. :tu:

No, I won't be held responsible if things go horribly wrong for you if you choose to try it yourself. :p:

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:rofl: brilliant, I am not a lover of Firefox I love my IE6, don't know why I just do not like Firefox's style.

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is that a legitimate site, thats gives you real updates, or just give you spyware?, it does not look right. not sure why

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works fine for me

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Seems a legit site, to me but I am a IE fanboy as you say :shrug:

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Hmmm,
Not sure i trust this all that much - having a poke around the web dosent turn up anything obviously wrong but - any site which also carries viruses (and this one does) is a bit sus in my book and dosent deserve the benefit of my doubt until it proves itself.

Im causiously keeping the contents of my registry to myself for the time being.

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When you say "carries viruses" do you mean this one? : http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/security.php

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No - i mean the page that begins...

Etc...

I will not post the link however.

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When I want to update Windows I'll use the official MS site, why risk anything else?

I like and use Firefox, but stick to IE and MS for updates to Windows. After all, IE comes with all versions of Window AFAIK.

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Just seen the page in question, nice to see that they are willing to have that form of data about in case anyone wants to create a suprise for a friend :erm:
This made me laugh
Why should people ask when they are providing the source codes for several off the shelf virus files?

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I wonder if this is a breach of the t/c of the hosting company ( if one is being used ) or some other area of the internet of which they could be reported?

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This thread is about Firefox and WindowsUpdate.. I don't give a :monkey: about the rest of the site, as I said in post #1, don't use it if you don't trust it... :dozey:

Lets get this back on topic please.

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Sorry I disagree, the contents of the site bring into the question the integrity of the data/ service provided by the updates section of the site. It only takes one dirty file to infect all PCs using the service.
If you don't like people discussing the site you have posted a link to then don't post links to it. People have a right to discuss the links and information given on this forum, especially when the links point to sites with areas of dubious content on them.
Forewarned is forearmed and some of our new/ less technical members need as much information and guidance as possible when it comes to some areas so pointing out that a site holds text files which contain virus source codes is a good idea in my view.
People have a tendency to click around when people post site links, they rarely stay on just the page linked to therefore care has to be taken when posting links in my opinion.

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Couldnt agree more - without floating my own boat, if i have uncertanties surrounding this site, then i think it better to voice my opinion than (possibly) allowing other less technical people to think - hey what a great idea - i'll just install this and think nothing more off it.

Not pointing out the risks given what the rest of the contents of that site contains is a bit daft IMO.

It was/is a great idea and well done for spotting it (were not ganging up on you) it would just be better if it came from a more reliable and trustworthy source, especially given that on one hand they provide this great services and then on the other provide source to virii for all and sundry.

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When did I say not to point out dangers within sites?
I was just asking if we could discuss the topic instead of going off onto a virus/site discussion :rolleyes:
If I didn't want you two to voice your concerns I could easily have removed the OT posts, but I didn't as I agree there should be a proper amount of caution with ANY site.
However, turning the thread topic into a security discussion was not the original point of the thread, you've said what you wanted to say, you've warned everyone about the misgivings you have, now lets move on please.

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Well - I've put it on and will let you know how I get on.

As an aside - I wonder how it copes with windows validation.

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Seems ok to me (I thought I was on auto update and it found one for me) :shrug:

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Interestingly, when I ran it, it seemed to find all the critical updates, but missed all bar one of the non-critical updates..