So, make sure you use a more reputable download site to help prevent adware infestations, and I'd strongly advise against using any download sites from CNET (including their site), as CNET has a very bad reputation for using custom installers that include adware by default. Of course, download sites like CNET change the variants of adware they use with their installers so often, that AV vendors have trouble keeping up with it.īut, anytime you use CNET (including their site) for getting the programs you want, you have a very high risk of a download that includes adware by default, unless you're very careful to "opt out" of it during the installation process. It's clean (so that link would be a good one to get it from):īut, if you get the same program from CNET (using the link that Mike Gerstner posted), you can expect to find adware included, as I can see from these scan results showing that spigot (adware) was included in the download according to several scanners: If I click on the link that BrianPriceUK posted, the download comes from here (for me, although it probably changes, depending on your location, etc.): So, do not use download sites from CNET, as they're well known for using custom installers that wrap programs inside of installers that include adware by default.ĬNET is one of the worst offenders for that kind of thing (using custom installers that include adware with the programs you want to download)
Looks like the "adware" is pretty rampant.
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