It seems that Download.com just stopped using Download Wrappers

[frogboy]

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http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/30/it-seems-that-download-com-just-stopped-using-download-wrappers/

Download.com, one of the popular software download sites on the Internet, seems to have stopped using download wrappers on its site to serve software downloads to visitors.

A download wrapper is a program that is offered to users who initiate downloads on a website making use of them. It displays advertisement and a link to the "real" program the user wanted to download in first place.

Companies claim that using them improves security and reliability of the transfer but it is mostly done to increase revenue by displaying offers to users.

In fact, download wrappers are a core potentially unwanted programs (PUP) source on the Internet.

Download.com up until now displayed the download wrapper link prominently on its website and a clean direct link less prominently on it after backlash over the implementation of the feature (it first used the download wrapper exclusively).

If you visit the site today and check out download pages on it, you will notice that only one download link is listed on it.

Read more here. http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/30/it-seems-that-download-com-just-stopped-using-download-wrappers/

 

[Kate_L]

That is a good thing, this PUP / PUA is getting out of hand.

 

[jamescv7]

Download wrappers are such instrument to gain way for instrument however that's up to them if they wanted to turn back. Because one of the purpose is to maintain the website running by the funds.

 

[Atlas147]

I look a look at some installers from CNET and I can confirm that all their bundlers are gone, it's just the original installers now! Really glad that they decided on going with this, helps to clean up the internet a little and prevents future infections of PUA/PUP

 

[sonylxn]

yes, last time i was downloading panda free from there and yes it is indeed a clean installer