I opened Firefox today and had a new icon at the top right:
Ebay Highlighter AutoInstall?
I didn’t install the highlighter and I never saw any confirmation windows asking for permission to install it. Has anyone else had the Ebay Highlighter Auto Install / Install Itself / Magically appear? I had to Google to find out what it was, it “lets you highlight different products in Firefox or Internet Explorer and compare the pricing of those products on eBay.” – Tech Crunch
The last thing I need is additional addons/plugins installing themselves in Firefox! Anybody else get a confirmation or dialog? Maybe I’m just special?
I’ve got $1 that you recently updated Skype? Seems the Adobe Highlighter hitches a ride…
Or if not Skype, did you install anything else internet/web-y recently?
I have Skype installed, but it hasn’t been updated/run in about a month. I’m wondering if Adobe didn’t slip an update in an Adobe install, but I haven’t had a notice of an update there either.
Scary.
Looks like it’s hitching a ride on Skype . . .
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=en-US&forumId=1&comments_parentId=323758