>This is pretty baffling. If you were on a Windows machine, would you download some random setup file from a public ftp and run it as administrator? yes. that'

>This is pretty baffling. If you were on a Windows machine, would you download some random setup file from a public ftp and run it as administrator? yes. that's the general practice under Windows. As a clueless end-user you also often get the original software wrapped in "experience enhancing" adware installers - provided you actually find the correct download link - the download pages of the various sites are littered with ads that contain fake "download now" buttons that install various PC "cleaning" utilities (also wrapped in adware installers themselves)