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CNET adware

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:05 pm
by tpo
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/

Re: CNET adware

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:23 pm
by DigitalVolcano
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

Re: CNET adware

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:59 pm
by tpo
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

Re: CNET adware

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:43 pm
by 3bells
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!