SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INITIATING A SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD

摘要

In one embodiment, a software application is downloaded to a client computer by detecting a setting and, based on the setting, determining if a user will be alerted prior to the download (1904). If the user will not be alerted prior to the download, the software application is not downloaded to the client computer without a specific authorization from the user (1910). The user may specifically authorize the download by responding to a non-browser message such as a dialog box (1914), for example. In one embodiment, the setting comprises a security setting of a web browser, and the download involves downloading the software application in chunks to the client computer over the Internet.