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On 03/17/2015 06:15 PM, walt wrote: |
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> On 03/17/2015 05:47 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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>> Mozilla installs a |
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>> privileged service that auto updates its software. |
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> Interesting. I didn't know about 'privileged services' in Windows. |
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> I hope M$ grants these 'privileges' carefully. |
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You mean the user. Any app can install a service like that if the user |
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lets them. I'm assuming Mozilla's service runs as a SYSTEM user so it |
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can modify things, but I've never cared enough to look. I always remove |
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the Mozilla Maintenance Service and update manually. |
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Dan |
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