Microsoft buried a Get Windows 10 ad generator inside this month's Internet Explorer security patch for Windows 7 and 8.1
If Microsoft's documentation is correct, installing Patch Tuesday's
KB 3139929 security update for Internet Explorer also installs a new Windows 10 ad-generating routine called
KB 3146449.
Many people -- present company included -- feel that putting an ad generator inside a security patch crosses way over the line. In fact, you have to ask yourself if there
are any lines any more.
Microsoft lays it all out in black and white in its inimitable, most obfuscatory way.
This month's MS16-023 security patch for Internet Explorer,
KB 3139929, says:
This security update resolves several reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage in Internet Explorer… Additionally, this security update includes several nonsecurity-related fixes for Internet Explorer.
