Download.com Bundling Adware With Free Software
Posted by Unknown Lamer
from the install-our-useful-toolbar dept.
from the install-our-useful-toolbar dept.
Zocalo writes"In a post to the Nmap Hackers list Nmap author Fyodor accuses Download.com of wrapping a trojan installer (as detected by various AV applications when submitted to VirusTotal) around software including Nmap and VLC Media Player. The C|Net installer bundles a toolbar, changes browser settings, and, potentially, performs other shenanigans — all under the logo of the application the user thought they might have been downloading. Apparently, this isn't the first time they have done this, either."
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