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Old 30-10-2007, 06:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation Download.com Adware!!!!!

Hi guys i downloaded a small game from download.com and found it was affected by adware.

please tell me whether its safe to use or not..

and check whether it is really affected by download it...

its just 208 KB

http://www.download.com/3001-7515_4-...54cc13ebce6d54
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Old 30-10-2007, 08:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Download.com Adware!!!!!

Kaspersky just messed up the whole download.
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NOD32 also detects it as Adware

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Old 30-10-2007, 08:57 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Download.com Adware!!!!!

yeah even avast did the same.. thanks guys..
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Old 31-10-2007, 02:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Download.com Adware!!!!!

Some times back I downloaded a System optimzer..... It contained spyware (not adware)... Download.com is not 100% trustable.
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Default Re: Download.com Adware!!!!!

@Gigacore
I hope you reported it to the site so they can investigate, I use download.com a little , and they've always been pretty clean to me!!
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^ oh ok.
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