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29 out of 56 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: SiteAdvisor 1.2.0.35 build 2689
Cons: I do NOT trust SiteAdvisor at all. It is useless.
I looked up their review of downLOAD.com, and it is far too generous. The following is a quote from their review.
"In our tests of this site, a very small percentage of its many downloads contained adware or other unwanted programs. However, download.com prohibits these programs and removes them when found."
That is a very misleading statement. True it clearly mentions bundled adware, but it refers to the occasional TROJAN bundled in the junk they offer, as "other unwanted programs". It also overlooks the obvious inference that downLOAD.com does not screen their listed software themselves. Yes, they will remove infected downloads, usually but not always, but they do so only after people like me tell them they should!
Another problem is that the advisory offered is based in part upon "user comments", and here is a C&P of one of their user comments.
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Rating: This site is good
One of the best download sites. I trust anyrhing I download from download.com
Posted at 4/8/2006 14:07 by kento, Reviewer, View profile [ Reputation score: 0 / 9 ]
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When "user comments" can be submitted by shills, or the wide eyed uninformed, then they WILL soon become just as misleading as the "user reviews" at download.com.
The Siteadvisor review of download.com, also fails to mention that downLOAD.com does not consider dot.net to be spyware, and neither does it mention that a significant percentage of their advertisements link directly to adware and spyware sites, including the homepages of known rouge antispyware vendors.
The SiteAdvisor is IMO, just another pretty face painted on an ugly reality, in the traditional spirit of corporate disinformation.
Just my stupid opinion.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
2 stars
Version: SiteAdvisor 1.2.0.35 build 2689
"Don't know if it is safe...."
Pros: Have no idea...
Cons: Stopzilla flagged this right away and identified SpywareAxe as it tried to install
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: SiteAdvisor 1.2.0.35 build 2689
Pros: nothing
Cons: its gave me trajan when i downloaded it pethetic and useless its nr worth it
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: SiteAdvisor 1.2.0.35 build 2689
Pros: It tells what sites are good and bad, and it can probably save your computer from getting infected by those sites that install stuff into your computer without you knowing it.
Cons: some sites were rated bad when they really weren't, but after that not a lot of cons
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