![]() ![]() So they have no way of ensuring quality at all, because that site could just replace the files with crapware installers. ![]() This site is weird because they don’t really provide downloads, they just link to the direct download links on other sites. FreewareFiles We tried to install it but it just kept buffering. We’ve noticed that the latest trend is creating fake versions of Chrome with adware being bundled with them. We’ve got this warm feeling… from our computer melting. Anybody that forces you to use the lousy Yahoo search is basically peddling malware. This one installed all sorts of stuff, but the kicker was a Chrome lookalike called “Safer Browser” that is literally a version of Chrome that isn’t actually Chrome and forces your homepage and search to Yahoo. We were pleasantly surprised that SnapFiles puts a notice higher up on the page - once you click to download the application - but just like the rest, there are loads of crapware bundling apps to be had. SnapFiles To be fair, anybody that downloads Orbit Downloader kinda deserves it. Which is a pity, because I wanted to see how terrible it is. Weirdly that Delta toolbar failed to install, even though we tried to. Users are advised to just use Linux and get it over with. All rights reserved? Now we can safely close the tab. Oh, so this page is copyrighted for 2015? Good to know. Because we all like to read every single word on a page before clicking to download that app that we really wanted. To be fair, wayyyy down at the bottom of the page they do tell you that it’s ad supported and that you should be careful. So we clicked on a link for Unlocker from their homepage, and immediately we were told that the Delta Toolbar is popular and it makes browsing and searching faster and easier! Boy are we missing out on something. We had a bunch of people tell us that Softpedia is a good place to download stuff from. Softpedia Remember that Chuck Norris movie, Delta Force? We should watch that again. ![]() ![]() The really annoying thing with this particular one is that on every screen, they changed the order of the buttons and what they said, so you not only had to really read carefully and uncheck things, but you had to do something different on each page. That’s four pieces of crapware for the price of one! Why couldn’t they just stick us with the horrible Trovi adware and get it over with? Sure enough, the first thing we downloaded off FileHippo included bundled nonsense and the awful Ask toolbar, and then the next screen tried to install some Search App, and the next one a weather checker, and the next one tried to install the same scammy fake registry cleaner that tried to stick us with. FileHippo Ask.com us no more questions, because you are full of lies. Maybe will have some competition for that award after all. The latest trend is pushing lookalike copies of Google Chrome with adware bundled directly into them.Īnd then they are wrapping their awful crapware wrapper on top of it, which hijacks your browser, injects ads everywhere, and installs even more crapware. They hijack browsers, insert ads, and they even use hidden services with deep dark API functions. They change the text or, in some cases, they make it look exactly like a terms and conditions screen. Nobody reads the fine print, just like nobody reads the installers when they are clicking through.Īnd some of these installers are extremely tricky. We were unable to find a single freeware download site that isn’t listing bundleware awfulness, and while a few of them attempt to do the right thing and alert you when something is bundled, it’s just not good enough. RELATED: Here's What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Apps And here’s the result of our investigation to prove it. When we wrote about what happens when you install the top ten apps from CNET Downloads, about half of the comments were from people saying, “Well you should download from a trusted source.” The only problem is that there isn’t a freeware download site that is free of crapware or adware. ![]()
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