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This should be sufficient cause for all web filters and security software to block access to CNET due to the malware. But will it actually happen, or are they t
by rlpb 15y ago
This should be sufficient cause for all web filters and security software to block access to CNET due to the malware. But will it actually happen, or are they treated with a special standard?
- thenextcorner 15y agoAs the "malware" is only downloaded after you installed a download manager, I doubt the Cnet website will get marked as the distributor. I believe it goes like this: - User clicks on link to download software - User is being asked to install Cnet download manager - Download manager downloads more software, including the crapware Because the actual download does not happen on the Cnet site, it does not gets marked as a distributor. I can be wrong though, this is just my hypothesis of what is happening.
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- marshray 15y agoI clicked the 'Download' link for my application and I received an exe for something else with my application name in the file name. So if a user asks to download my application they receive a confusingly-similar one instead and have no choice but to run it to find out what it does. This is indistinguishable from malware.