CNET adware

tpo · Post by **tpo** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:05 pm

There were some devastating reports about CNET / Download.com adding ad/spyware "on the fly" to software available through the sites [1].

That's why I'm weary to infect my computer by downloading and installing TextCrawler from CNET.

Is there some other "clean" source for TextCrawler?

Thanks,
*t

[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/470723/

Post by **DigitalVolcano** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:23 pm

Our products on CNET do not have their adware wrapper - we asked them to remove it.

Snapfiles has a direct download link from our site
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/TextCrawler.html

tpo · Post by **tpo** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:59 pm

DigitalVolcano wrote:Our products on CNET do not have their adware wrapper - we asked them to remove it.

Snapfiles has a direct download link from our site
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/TextCrawler.html

Thanks a lot. Am installing from there.
*t

3bells · Post by **3bells** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:43 pm

Thanks for asking that question. I'm leery of downloading from Cnet too. I did download textcrawler but haven't yet installed it. It's good to know it won't have the adware wrapper!

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