[chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?

[Jim McCorison]

This is a growing problem on sites which provide free downloads and are trying to monitize the site. Bandwidth does need to be paid for, but the advertisers target download specific sites with just these kind of ads. Check out most of the large freeware/shareware/nagware sites for other examples. A site which has recently been receiving a lot of flak is sourceforge.net which has offered authors the ability to receive compensation if they allow their projects to be bundled into installers which also install crapware at the same time.  Dice Holdings, the owner of the site, receives compensation for these downloads fro the crapware purveyors. 

The bottom line is that you need to read very carefully anything/everything on a site before clicking on something, especially something which is clearly designed to draw your eyeball, like a giant green arrow

Cheers,
Jim
K2SON

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Jim McCorison
Orcas Island, WA



On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:01 AM, Eben Haber <eben at habers.us> wrote:

> I checked back with the person who reported the problem, and he said that he went to the original site, but that he used the "big green 'Download Now' button" on the right of the web page. Since I don't see such a button when I go to the webpage, I suspect that possibly his browser was hacked to add buttons that lead to bad places.
> 
> 73,
> 
> -Eben / K6EBN
> 
> 
> On Nov 17, 2013, at 7:14 AM, chirp_users-request at intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
> 
>> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:35:34 -0600
>> From: Marty Hartwell <mhartwe at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> Message-ID: <5287E526.7000509 at gmail.com>
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>> Hi
>> 
>> If someone were to run across Chirp on a site other than Chirp's site I 
>> could believe someone
>> could put some things in the download/install that were and are not in 
>> the official site.
>> Anymore if I am downloading some "free" software or even updates to some 
>> other software
>> I always look for the fine print of loading some toolbars for something 
>> I don't want. I also go
>> though out Window's PC's and remove unwanted software on about a monthly 
>> basis.
>> 
>> Marty kd8bj
> 
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