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		kalleboo on Sept 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DivX Now Installs Malware > it doesn't count as malware unless it resists switching search providers back Bullshit. If installing software changes random settings on my computer, it's malicious. If it was a default in the app itself, that's a different matter.

guard-of-terra on Sept 19, 2013 [–]

It tends to ask you in the installer, but if you forgot to uncheck the checkbox, that's what you get.

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