File:Babylon malware installer.png
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Babylon_malware_installer.png (359 × 277 pixels, file size: 51 KB, MIME type: image/png)
Summary
[edit | edit source]| Description | Screenshot of a Cnet download window which tries to sneak the Babylon Toolbar onto a user's computer. This caused an uproar among Nmap developers, who felt that their software was used to trick malware onto unsuspecting users. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
The author or copyright holder of this image should be specified. |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Direct link) |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Babylon (software) |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | This image used to help readers of the article visually identify how the Babylon software gets into a user's computer, a subject of public interest. It also illustrates the controversies between Nmap and Cnet/Babylon, also a subject of public interest which is described in the article. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
This image cannot be replaced with a free alternative as it is part of a proprietary software application and is protected by copyright laws.This screenshot clearly shows how easy it is to install the software unintentionally, in a way that text alone cannot. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Entire window, which in itself is a portion of the screen during a download process |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
This image should be resized to lower its resolution. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Babylon (software)http://70.231.62.181/index.php/File:Babylon_malware_installer.pngtrue | |
Licensing
[edit | edit source]This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots:
- for identification of, and critical commentary on, the software in question,
- in the absence of a free alternative,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
…qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 06:02, 21 December 2014 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | 359 × 277 (51 KB) | ~2025-40009-06 (talk) | rm 2004 earthquake and tsunami. It's named after Boxing Day, yes, but doesn't relate to it apart from the name |
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