"Download Wrappers & Unwanted software Are Pure Evil"

[Venustus]

Content source

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DownloadWrappersAndUnwantedSoftwareArePureEvil.aspx

Call it Adware, Malware, Spyware, Crapware, it's simply unwanted. Every non-technical relative I've ever talked to has toolbars they apparently can't see, apps running in the background, browser home pages set to Russian Google clones, and they have no idea how it got that way.

Here's how they get that way.

You go to download something reasonable. I wanted to download a Skype Recorder, so I went here. (Yes, I linked here to the URL because they don't need Google Juice from me.)

A very worthwhile read indeed!

More here:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DownloadWrappersAndUnwantedSoftwareArePureEvil.aspx

 

[Koroke San]

what u mean by crapware? means unnecessary crap things comes with installation?

 

[Venustus]

what u mean by crapware? means unnecessary crap things comes with installation?

Indeed!

 

[Jaspion]

The first comment is enough to describe how good the article is: "I am glad someone finally wrote about this. I agree so much that I am shaking my fist at my monitor right now. (...)"