On 6 Dec 2011 at 18:29, David Lum wrote:
> http://seclists.org/nmap-hackers/2011/5
> I downloaded something from them a few months ago and realized I needed to
> really pay attention on that site because the defaults have you installing
> crap you don´t want. And by defaults I mean "unless you´re really
> looking, you´re probably on the wrong download button." FAIL
Old news to some of us:
Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware - Slashdot
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/22/1740238/
Posted by Soulskill on Monday August 22, @01:12PM
from the do-not-want dept.
MrSeb writes "At Download.com, page designs have been repeatedly
tweaked over the years to push its updater software (now called
TechTracker), TrialPay offers, and the site's mailing list.
Bothersome, perhaps, but certainly not inexcusable. They've got to
make money off the site somehow, after all, and banner ads don't
always do the job. Now, things have taken a turn for the worse: Cnet
has begun wrapping downloads in its own proprietary installer. Not
only will this cause the reputation of free, legitimate software to
be tarred by Cnet's bloatware toolbars, homepage changes, and new
default search engines - but Cnet is even claiming that their
installer wrapping is 'for the users.'"
Links in the original: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/22/1740238/
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