Guide | How To List of PUP Installer Sites

[Chromatinfish 123]

Many download sites come with installers enabled. "Installers" basically means Adware installer alert! However, not every custom download site comes with an installer. To help everyone, we should keep a list of avoided and safe download sites. You should reply to this topic (or PM me) about possible sites that are safe or should be avoided, or of an incorrect placement.
List:
Avoid:
-Cnet Download: http://www.download.cnet.com
-Softonic: http://www.softonic.com
-Brothersoft: http://www.brothersoft.com
-FreewareFiles: http://www.freewarefiles.com
-Source Forge: http://www.sourceforge.net
-Tucows: http://www.tucows.com
-Toggle: http://www.toggle.com
Safe:
-Downloadcrew: http://www.downloadcrew.com/
-Softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com
-Snapfiles: http://www.snapfiles.com
ESET Smart Security also blocks FreewareFiles:

but everything else slipped through.
Please contribute to this and help expand this list!

 

[Moose]

Interesting~Thank you!
Question, Please! How is the combination of Eset and Emsisoft Anti-Mlware
going in your set-up? Any conflict? Any slow down? What did you exclude?ect...

 

[Littlebits]

When did FreewareFiles start using adware bundled installers?
http://www.freewarefiles.com/eula.php

It used to be a safe download site.

Only a few files from Sourceforge are ad-supported, most are safe.

Enjoy!!

 

[DaZa9]

Since they give you the option to not install toolbars etc. then it's ok. also that's why Unchecky is here

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

Interesting~Thank you!
Question, Please! How is the combination of Eset and Emsisoft Anti-Mlware
going in your set-up? Any conflict? Any slow down? What did you exclude?ect...

I'll start a new topic in the security talk about this, lets not get off-topic. Simplified version:
-I disabled the programs folder that emsisoft was in
-I disabled the driver folder that emsisoft was in
-Same with ESET
No conflicts

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

Since they give you the option to not install toolbars etc. then it's ok. also that's why Unchecky is here

Never heard of it before, can you link to the site to download this?

 

[MalwareT]

Toggle.com is also bad website (bundles trojans and PUPs). Snapfiles.com is very good, and you forget to mention FileHippo.

 

[DaZa9]

Never heard of it before, can you link to the site to download this?

http://unchecky.com/

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

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[DaZa9]

These are pretty risky:
Mediafire: hxxp://www.mediafire.com
Mega: hxxp://www.mega.com
You can download a huge helper, or a virus!
Once I downloaded 25 files from mega onto my virtual machine and ran a scan with ESET/Emsisoft/Avast Free and they detected over 15 threats! 15/25 is a huge risk...

I hope you don't mean the whole website is risky, but the content you download is.

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

I hope you don't mean the whole website is risky, but the content you download is.

The site is safe, can't be said for the content

 

[Littlebits]

MajorGeeks and BetaNews Fileform also safe download sites should be added.

Enjoy!!

 

[Koroke San]

http://www.freewarefiles.com flagged by K9 as malware/spyware source

 

[WinXPert]

sourceforge? maybe case to case basis. so far all my downloads there are clean.

 

[Cowpipe]

Fantastic post! I will do searching (PUP hunting) and contribute some more links for you when I can

 

[Kyle_Katarn]

MajorGeeks and BetaNews Fileform also safe download sites should be added.

Enjoy!!

+1 !