![]() ![]() If a user is located in France, for example, he or she will not get the offer, while a U.S. Intego researchers believe that the Ask toolbar is activated and promoted during Java installations depending on the user location. ![]() We have discovered that the JRE installer does a country check through to determine if the Ask toolbar needs to be activated, using a server hosted by Akamai. Intego was able to reproduce the Ask installation with the Java 8 Update 40 available on, at the following URL: We suspect that, due to media backlash, Oracle temporarily suspended the process that allows the JRE installer to install the Ask toolbar-depending on a country check. A few weeks ago, Intego pointed out that Mac users were no longer being offered to install the Ask toolbar during the installation of Java for Mac. At that time, the Ask toolbar had mysteriously disappeared from Java installations. ![]() Security News + Software & Apps A Look Inside the Ask Toolbar Installed with Java for Mac
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