CNET's Download.com Serves Malware?

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

What purpose do they serve, and how is downloading a program from say CNET different from downloading directly from the software developer site?

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 ...

Is CNET safe for Malwarebytes free download?

As Wide Glide has pointed out, CNET is a trusted download partner for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. If you choose to download the product through ...

Download.com Caught Adding Malware to Nmap & Other Software

Thanks for spotting this—we were unaware of the bundling issue you identified. It does appear CNET bundled the search services of one of our ...

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

... download manager” that helps securely deliver your downloads from Download.com's servers. We also include offers for carefully screened ...

CNET Injecting Malware into Downloads | Hacker News

We run clamav on our servers to keep all those damned Windows viruses from proliferating by way of our services. But viruses as an attack ...

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

However, it's important to exercise caution and ensure you download software from legitimate sources to avoid malware or other security risks.

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.

CNET and malware? - General Security - Bleeping Computer

Only software that is tested spyware-free and hosted on Download.com's secure servers may be delivered via the Installer. At the end of the FAQs ...

CNET Download.com not so 'spyware-free' - ZDNet

... spyware, viruses, and other malware ... Streaming Services · Tablets · TVs · Wearables ... CNET Download.com not so 'spyware-free'. On ...

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

That's right, we've installed one non-antivirus app from CNET Downloads so far, and we've been presented with three browser hijackers and one ...

Is cnet.downloads safe - Tom's Guide Forum

... CNET-CBS-Malware-Trojan-Nmap,news-13410.html http :/ /insecure.org/news/download-com-fiasco.html CNet has been known to inject their own add ...

CNET Accused of Wrapping Malware in Windows Installer for Nmap ...

Microsoft partners with a distributor who provides Bing search services within their product. This product was downloaded through a separate ...

CNet's Download.com now bundling Nmap with malware

... install malware services. The fact that we're even discussing Microsoft's reputation in this way is what led me to say "O how the mighty ...

Do you really need that free download? - CNET

Kujawa points out that many people attempting to download Malwarebytes' free Anti-Malware antivirus program on CNET's own Download.com end ...

CNET Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of download.com

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

... CNET actually checked their stuff for malware convinced me to give it a try. I'm surprised they'd go this far as including malware in their ...

CNET Spyware: CNET Downloads Come with a Bonus - Bill Hartzer

CNET Spyware: CNET Downloads Come with a Bonus, Unwanted Programs and Spyware ... Download.com Caught Adding Malware to Nmap & Other Software ... services. Bill ...

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

The Verdict – Is CNET's installer just a scam to infect your computer? ... Service checkbox for the app I was downloading. ... CNET & Download ...