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Download.com Adware!!!!!

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/download-com-adware.71953/

Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
Oct 30, 2007 at 6:08 AM
Hi guys i downloaded a small game from download.com and found it was affected by adware.

please tell me whether its safe to use or not..

and check whether it is really affected by download it...

its just 208 KB

*www.download.com/3001-7515_4-10246053.html?spi=d685372255c52fac9354cc13ebce6d54
Lucky_star
Oct 30, 2007 at 8:34 AM
Kaspersky just messed up the whole download.
AdWare.Win32.Trymedia.b
Choto Cheeta
Oct 30, 2007 at 8:39 AM
NOD32 also detects it as Adware :)

*img91.imageshack.us/img91/3824/38306545ty0.jpg
Gigacore
Oct 30, 2007 at 8:57 AM
yeah even avast did the same.. thanks guys..
Quiz_Master
Oct 31, 2007 at 2:03 AM
Some times back I downloaded a System optimzer..... It contained spyware (not adware)... Download.com is not 100% trustable.
sg1
sg1 #6
Nov 1, 2007 at 11:48 AM
@Gigacore
I hope you reported it to the site so they can investigate, I use download.com a little , and they've always been pretty clean to me!!
Gigacore
Nov 1, 2007 at 11:53 AM
^ oh ok.