812283 - Blocklist AOL Toolbar add-on

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)

Description

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #812264 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #810016 +++

Hm. After the Softonic installers run through the gamut of Claro, and IncrediBar, we come to a silent install of an AOL Toolbar. I'm not entirely sure whether it attempts to change homepage or search preferences yet, since it seems I still have a background process "protecting" those preferences from the previous IncrediBar install.

ID: {7affbfae-c4e2-4915-8c0f-00fa3ec610a1}

Comment 1

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

Ah, it also has a wonderful confirmation screen when you try to uninstall it:

https://people.mozilla.com/~kmaglione/images/e12062fe48c434e8.png

Comment 2

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

Sorry for the bugspam. Changing dependency chain to cut down some.

Comment 3

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

please talk to me or joanne before blocklisting since we have also a AOL Partner distribution https://hg.mozilla.org/build/partner-repacks/file/cc1347289e4a/partners/aol/ that use the name extension and so blocklisting would affect this too

Comment 4

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

With the exception of obviously malicious cases, we never blocklist an add-on without contacting the authors, or the appropriate people internally for partner relations. Thanks for the info, though.

Comment 5

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

This bug has been sitting here for a while. Can you please confirm that AOL Toolbar is still being silently installed?

Comment 6

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

Closing this for now. Please reopen if there are any problems we know about.