212eta Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Beware! FileHippo tests adware distributing download manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iih1 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) beware many Fake, Phishing site resemble the official site, to avoid this simply,,,therefore, if you need apps, softwares, suggestion, ask and help..just visit Firstlyyou should visit this LINK no other else :unsure: Edited July 8, 2014 by iih1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizin Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I trust Filehippo ! Can't believe they are testing adware. Who needs their download manager anyway coz we got the good ol' IDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Et tu Filehippo? :wtf:Cannot believe Filehippo too would go this way, as if Cnet wasn't bad enough. One of the last remaining bastions of clean, honest file hosting. Sad day for all netizens :(But truth be told, what else can you expect from a world where even Sourceforge has gone rogue? Sourceforge, I say. No less! :nono:Having said that though, if you could go past the sheer annoyance of downloading additional unwarranted $h!t, a lot will also depend on which companies they choose to do business with. Yahoo (Search, Toolbar), Google (Chrome, Search, Toolbar), Adobe (Reader, Flash) are one thing and Open Candy, Ask, Babylon are something else. :mad2:Oh well. At least MajorGeeks, Softpedia and FileHorse still haven't sold their souls!. Thank God for the small mercies ;)EDIT: I'm still getting direct download links on FH without any sign of the web installer/download manager. Maybe it's a scattered roll out either randomly or based on geography? :dunno: Either way, this sucks :rant: Edited July 8, 2014 by calguyhunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
software182 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 :think: i don't believe why FileHippo do this ? Oh i think they need more $$$ :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) I still use an older version of their updateChecker tool. Don't know what kind of information it has been collecting from my system all this time. Hopefully just benign things like software version numbers, operating system, and such. Maybe I should fire up Wireshark and have a look at what it's really doing. Edited July 8, 2014 by banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienForce1 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I tried to download from FileHippo (for test) 5 different softwares and didn`t received any offer to do download thru a downloader / or rogue installer , only genuine installers were offered ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0rdX3ntris Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Bad Hippo :wtf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Apart from MajorGeeks, Softpedia and FileHorse, DownloadCrewis another option. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Do I have to use the installer?No. All FileHippo Installer Enabled products have a Direct Download Link that you can use instead of the Installer.http://www.filehippo.com/de/filehippo_download_manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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