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To: Truth29

Careful recommending CNet to people. Over the last couple years, CNet has begun bundling adware into its installer program, and using deceptive links to trick people into downloading it.


8 posted on 08/21/2013 9:50:03 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Is CNet and Download.com the same thing?


9 posted on 08/21/2013 9:50:41 AM PDT by GeronL
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CNet has begun bundling adware ...

Ah, that explains a review of a K-Lite release complaining about hard-to-remove adware that was installed regardless of the options checked.

K-Lite's response was that it doesn't bundle, and it have been d/l'd from a "less-than-ethical site".

15 posted on 08/21/2013 9:59:54 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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