![]() ![]() Sure enough, the first thing we downloaded off FileHippo included bundled nonsense and the awful Ask toolbar, and then the next screen tried to install some Search App, and the next one a weather checker, and the next one tried to install the same scammy fake registry cleaner that tried to stick us with. FileHippo Ask.com us no more questions, because you are full of lies. Maybe will have some competition for that award after all. The latest trend is pushing lookalike copies of Google Chrome with adware bundled directly into them.Īnd then they are wrapping their awful crapware wrapper on top of it, which hijacks your browser, injects ads everywhere, and installs even more crapware. They hijack browsers, insert ads, and they even use hidden services with deep dark API functions. They change the text or, in some cases, they make it look exactly like a terms and conditions screen. Nobody reads the fine print, just like nobody reads the installers when they are clicking through.Īnd some of these installers are extremely tricky. ![]() ![]() We were unable to find a single freeware download site that isn’t listing bundleware awfulness, and while a few of them attempt to do the right thing and alert you when something is bundled, it’s just not good enough. RELATED: Here's What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Apps And here’s the result of our investigation to prove it. When we wrote about what happens when you install the top ten apps from CNET Downloads, about half of the comments were from people saying, “Well you should download from a trusted source.” The only problem is that there isn’t a freeware download site that is free of crapware or adware. ![]()
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