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Ranking of the 15 more controversial applications by Bit9
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 | Bit9 company has created a list of the most controversial applications in the field of computer security, and which are, at the same time, used by thousands of users. |
Bit9 established certain criteria taken into consideration to create this ranking. To be out of the list, the following requirement must be complied with:
-Software of a high popular level.
-Frequently downloaded.
-Not being or having spyware.
-Having at least a critical vulnerable fault registered by NIST
Many applications highly used to share softwares were rejected for not complying with the before established criteria.
| The software black list of is made up as follows: |
1- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
2- Apple iTunes 6.02 e Quicktime 7.0.3
3- Skype Internet Phone 1.4
4- Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.02, 6.03
5- Sun Java Run-Time Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 3 e 1.4.2_08
6- Macromedia Flash Player 7
7- Winzip Compression Utility 8.1 SR-1
8- AOL Instant Messenger 5.5
9- Microsoft MSN Messenger 5.0
10- Yahoo Instant Messenger 6.0
11- Sony/First 4 Internet DRM Rootkit & Uninstaller (todas as versões)
12- BitDefender anti-virus client 9
13- Kazaa peer-to-peer client 2.0.2
14- RealPlayer Media Player 10
15- ICQ Chat Client 2003a
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