In message , Mathedman
writes:
On 9/13/2018 6:46 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
Fun article from How-to Geek today, about Microsoft's latest Windows
10 updates, that now tell you Chrome and Frirefox are unsafe when you
try to download them.
https://www.howtogeek.com/365983/win...-push-firefox-
and-chrome-over-the-edge/

I'm still a 7-user. curious, I downloaded Chrome ---big mistake ---
a lot of other stuff (I know not what) came with it. And now

Where did you download it from?

much of we used to call "freeware" or "share ware" comes
with Crome included!

That is true.

Like wise, a Firefox download messes with other stuff ---including

A Firefox _download_ shouldn't change anything. A Firefox _install_
isn't _usually_ grasping: OK, it makes itself the default browser, but
even there, it does ask during the install, though defaults to yes.

replacing all the desktop icons with a Firefox logo.

Only the ones that were internet shortcuts - which, presumably, had the
logo from whichever browser you had before. It doesn't change, e. g.,
icons for Word, Excel, IrfanView ...
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