CNET's Download.com Adware Installer Bundled with Popular Apps

SecureMac has prepared a guide to help users identify and remove the adware being distributed by CNET's download.com in place of popular Mac apps.

What's the deal with sites like CNET, Softonic, and Download.com ...

Codecs.com - handpicked software (free and paid -- clearly marked sometimes when the case requires the offered adware software bundles.

Download.com Caught Adding Malware to Nmap & Other Software

CNET Download.com was caught adding spyware, adware, and other malware to thousands of software packages that they distribute, including our Nmap Security ...

Warning about CNet / Download.com bundled installers

If you have downloaded Directory Opus from CNet / Download.com, or if you are a software developer whose work may be hosted there, ...

The Download.com Debacle: What CNET Needs to Do to Make it Right

The blogosphere has been buzzing about revelations that CNET's Download.com site has been embedding adware into the install process for all ...

CNET Download - Wikipedia

CNET Download (originally Download.com) is an Internet download directory website launched in 1996 as a part of CNET. Initially it resided on the domain ...

CNET's Download.com Serves Malware?: This Week in Tech 414

Leo Laporte, Ed Bott, and Matthew Panzarino talk about how download sites, like Download.com, hide 'doucheware' into the installer of other ...

CNet's Download.com now bundling Nmap with malware

I just found that my application which was updated last week and is the 10th most popular system utility app on Download.com is also being ...

FP on CNET download file - Malwarebytes Forums

I downloaded an application from the CNET site. Initially the site provides an exe file that must be run to obtain the installer for the ...

Here's What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Download.com ...

Software that installs viruses, Trojan horses, malicious adware ... CNET Downloads that is doing the bundling... it's EVERYBODY. The ...

The dangers of using software from Cnet's download.com

They bundle their downloads with extra unwanted software and their software installer fools people into allowing garbage in the install. A simple google search ...

Here's why we're not too worked up over CNET's download "malware"

CNET Download.com's proprietary software installer downloads “special offer” toolbars and software that some businesses are calling malware.

Downloading software without bloatware - Super User

Download.com (CNET) used to be a good site. But now, I find that they bundle a lot of "evilware", i.e. bloatware/adware (spyware?). Despite my ...

The CNET Download.com Installer - gHacks Tech News

The CNET Download.com Installer is clearly adware. It might make sense to use a different download portal in the future.

Issues with MacUpdate and CNet's Download.com - FineTunedMac

... adware bundled with popular apps' are one and the same. Reason enough to alert all of you out there. In case you already ran this installer ...

Download.com Bundling Toolbars, Trojans? - Krebs on Security

These toolbar deals no doubt have the potential to earn CNET a lot of money: Download.com is a very heavily visited site, and according to Alexa ...

CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads | Hacker News

Adobe does not pretent to give you an open source project like VLC player and bundle malware/adware into the installer as if VLC team did it.

Cnet Apologizes for Nmap Adware Bundling - Threatpost

Officials at Cnet's Download.com site have issued a statement apologizing for bundling the popular open source Nmap security audit application with adware.

Is CNET.com the best place to download free software or is there a ...

Cnet is the world's largest technology website and has listed thousands of freeware technology content including software, apps. tools and ...

CNET Joins the Dark Side, its Download.com Attempts to Fill Your ...

Download.com from CNET is one of the most popular sites for downloading software ... CNET installer will still install crapware (possibly adware) ...