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Talk:Foxit Reader

62 bytes added, 13:02, 9 August 2010
ask toolbar
:You have to request it from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/enterprise_reg.php . I did not try this though, probably their sales department is going to empty their advertising can out over you.
:In other news the free EXE-installer from their website now phones home, specifically it extracts a file called "AskInstallChecker.exe" which in turn sends a HTTP request to "toolbar.ask.com/askbardis/util/askInstallChecker.jsp", transmits some data like version and ID to ask.com and then decides whether to install the dreaded ask toolbar based on the response of the webserver. Unfortunately this makes the setup less predictable and more difficult to automate. The MSI installer does not include the ask.com toolbar stuff.
: The best idea is probably to block the whole ask.com network (66.235.112.0 - 66.235.127.255) in your corporate firewall, since I never heard of anyone who volunatrily visited their websites anyway.
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