ROBACKJA  Yea, what crap. Silverlight through the back door!! LULZ. Just wait, its only a matter of time before Silverlight is *part* of the Flip4Mac install without option to deselect it.  
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MEEGO  As a matter of fact, Silverlight isn't that bad. It does not take over any other plugin, or puts your computer at risk, or invades privacy AFAIK.

Granted, it's another proprietary software suite that hurts interoperability on the Internet, but some sites already need it to run properly.

Also Telestream was bought years ago by Microsoft, for those who don't know.  
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GORDON142  Agreed. Very lame. There is no reason for it to be there. It is obviously not part of the core functionality of the package.  
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JCRAIG  What's sneaky is that there's absolutely no mention of it in the release notes. This is the type of behavior we'd expect from a malware vendor, not a reputable company.  
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GOZERONLINE  That's exactly it. I'm not complaining that this is spy or adware, but it IS deceptive. If I want to download Silverlight, I'll download and install it myself. This just wreaks of MS wanting to increase Silverlight's install base as they obviously can't compete with Adobe Flash legitimately.

So what's next MS? Are you going to change my default search provider to Bing?  
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APPSCOUT  [This is the type of behavior we'd expect from a malware vendor, not a reputable company.]

When did MS become a reputable company?  
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MKAY  +1. leaves a very bad taste.

If you get sponsored, say so.

I don't think anyone would mind as long as it's made clear.

Transparency is king.   
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FONGD  Not to defend the seemingly invisible installation of Silverlight, but the README when you launch the installer explicitly states that it will install Silverlight: "This installer also includes a browser plug-in for Microsoft® Silverlight™, which allows you to play Smooth Streaming video content. This is installed by default. To disable its installation, click the Customize button on the Installation Type pane and uncheck the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in option."  
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ILGAZ  It is stated in last paragraph, a common tactic to sneak into EULAs. The next step is, hiding it under "unseen" "never scrolled to" text, ask me I have seen all in Windows!  
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ILGAZ  I wonder what will happen when Silverlight, part of MS culture gets some "remote execution" security issue.

Will the team at MS who still have face to ship that performance/security disaster named MS Windows Media Player to Intel macs give up all work in hand and ship a security update for OS X which shows their every attempt as joke?

This is a company who managed to ship MS Office latest version installed as user 502, traditionally no power, secondary account on OS X and people pay huge amount of money to them for it. Silverlight on the other hand, is "free".

Not a political thing, rather a technical thing since I know how MS works (like most do), I would opt out of Silverlight even if my Mac was supported. I don't allow it even to my Windows machines/managed clients since it is a really needless failed attempt to kill Adobe flash and nothing else. Even MS joint ventures doesn't use it.  
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NOOKSTER  +1 Smiley for you, a simple task for those that didn't pay attention to the installer.

I'm surprised that I my post below yours (regarding the truth about both MS and Apple's installer tactics) isn't -10 though, maybe there's more common sense around here than I give this place credit for.  
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ORION MK. V  Just disable it during installation.  
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MATTHEW GREEN  agreed, one bespoke Microsoft technology on my Mac is enough for me  
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SJK  Moving the installer package out of the FileVault volume is a workaround described in this Knowledgebase article.

http://www.telestream.net/telestream-support/knowledge-base/kb-0083.htm  
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DJCZ  I've never seen an installer behave like that, but the workaround did the trick..... silly me, for not taking an hour or so, to search the knowledgebase for a problem that shouldn't have occurred in the first place.

But, I do appreciate the response. Thank you!  
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SJK  I'd noticed that FileVault issue/workaround somewhere else a few hours earlier when installing the update, then was frustrated not to find it again after seeing your post. Fortunately it was an easy search for that KB article instead. :)  
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ILGAZ  If one uses Apple's standard installer, it is his job to "workaround" some issue (!) which is in fact the built in functionality of OS X since 10.3 or .4.

No need to apologize, they should care about such issues more than sneaking silverlight and remotely pulling images from MS servers in success screens.  
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