Crapware from skype?

[aigle]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/29/skype-taken-to-task-by-angry-users-over-claimed-crapware-payload/

[siljaline]

From: H-Online (http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-installs-third-party-software-against-users-wishes-1252543.html) -{ Quote: "Over the weekend, a Skype partner firm used the VoIP software's auto-update function to install a program on users' systems – even against users' express wishes. EasyBits has been responsible for online gaming on the Skype platform since 2006. Now, the company's stand-alone "EasyBits Go" games centre has been installed on Skype for Windows users' computers via a games update.

Users were given the option to abort the installation – but the program was installed regardless. The unwanted program created a separate program folder and proved difficult to uninstall. Although it appeared in the list of installed programs and could be uninstalled from there, the program folders and their contents as well as the Skype plug-in remained in place. " }-

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "According to Skype [1], this additional install was a mistake that has now been corrected. Easybits in a press released [2] confirmed the problem." }-http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=10942