Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Sep 2009 16:18 UTC
If you have Apple's QuickTime media player and/or iTunes installed on your Windows machine, you might want to keep an eye on apple's Software Update tool. Apple is once again using the update tool to push unwanted software onto users' machines without asking for permission.
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2006-09-26
I think the bigger problem is that MS isn't going to assume responsibility for all third party software. If one of those updates included a virus or spyware, it would be Microsoft's fault. If a new version of third party software broke on upgrade, it would be Microsoft's fault.
The user is going to equate that anything that comes through Microsoft/Windows Update is coming from Microsoft, so the blame is always going to go to Microsoft. I doubt they want that on their reputation.