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So do we know if they've only recently starting breaching their own policy or have they been doing it all along despite the 2005 policy implementation? Does an
by billpatrianakos 15y ago
So do we know if they've only recently starting breaching their own policy or have they been doing it all along despite the 2005 policy implementation?
Does anyone willingly download toolbars like the ones that come bundled on download.com? Anyway, I've steered clear of CNet downloads for years now. Even before they began doing this and you had a chance of actually getting a download that you knew was clean the whole thing started feeling kind of spammy and shady.
- kevingadd 15y agoThere are lots of people out there who download those toolbars on purpose, usually to get some incentive offered in exchange, like free virtual currency or something. Many of them don't ever realize that they're effectively malware.
- omellet 15y agoI was using the laptop of a friend recently. He had only Internet Explorer, and when I ran it about 1/3 of the browser window was taken up by toolbar on top of toolbar. Google, Yahoo, Bing, basically anybody that made a toolbar. I asked him if he wanted them, and said he wasn't sure, but didn't want the browser to stop working if he got rid of them. I got rid of them for him, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it happens again.
- nikcub 15y agothe toolbar is useless. It replaces google search with a search engine powered by, and make to look like google but with a lot more ads. I doubt anybody is using it intentionally. I tried to find out when they started bundling but couldn't get much info, but it has been a while.