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[Incredipede]

No but you don't even know what you are downloading. You might download the "toolbar" which tracks what sites you go on and it takes your personal information. Would you trust a program that you never heard of before?

A few weeks ago, I remember someone downloading a program from there and all their registry keys were manipulated... They came on the forum to complain and the offer was removed... But it was too late for the guy who had to fix his computer for days...

This isn't an attack against you, I'm just saying.. you and many others don't realise the potential risks with programs like these.

Indeed, there are risks, but I've never downloaded or seen any malicious software from or on surveys after years of using that service. The survey-offering companys have strict guidelines, atleast SupersonicAds and SponsorPay. I don't think they would allow such programs.

You must differentiate the surveys and the advertisements. Some advertisements could lead to a website which contains malware, as example clicking on "You're the 999.999 User on this website, you just won $123456789". Those websites often host malware.

Sometimes toolbars are included, that's right, but usually they don't do anything bad and you always have the option to check a box that you don't want to download a toolbar.

Atleast they have removed the "malicious" offer, I wonder if there was proof that these registry changes were caused by a download from a survey. I may also suggest the use of a virtual computer or Sandboxie, if you run programs through a virtual computer or Sandboxie, nothing will be changed on your computer.

[dv8r]

Indeed, there are risks, but I've never downloaded or seen any malicious software from or on surveys after years of using that service. The survey-offering companys have strict guidelines, atleast SupersonicAds and SponsorPay. I don't think they would allow such programs.

You must differentiate the surveys and the advertisements. Some advertisements could lead to a website which contains malware, as example clicking on "You're the 999.999 User on this website, you just won $123456789". Those websites often host malware.

Sometimes toolbars are included, that's right, but usually they don't do anything bad and you always have the option to check a box that you don't want to download a toolbar.

Atleast they have removed the "malicious" offer, I wonder if there was proof that these registry changes were caused by a download from a survey. I may also suggest the use of a virtual computer or Sandboxie, if you run programs through a virtual computer or Sandboxie, nothing will be changed on your computer.

If you actually google most of these downloads, you'll find that 90% of them are malware or viruses.

Is it really worth the hassle of trying to remove these over a few miserable tokens?

Downloads are a waste of time.

[Incredipede]

If you actually google most of these downloads, you'll find that 90% of them are malware or viruses.

Is it really worth the hassle of trying to remove these over a few miserable tokens?

Downloads are a waste of time.

I don't like made-up statistics. Besides that, again, there usually aren't any viruses or malware in those programs. There's a difference between (browser) adware, a toolbar and malware. Some anti-virus programs see those downloads from "freeridegames" as virus or malware because those programs always contain an annoying toolbar, as example the Delta Toolbar. Remember that anti-virus programs may come with false positives.

If you don't deselect the Delta Toolbar, the Delta Toolbar will install and it will also change the default page on your browser ("Hijacking the browser"). It sometimes also contains another program called "BrowserProtection", that one is there to prevent deleting the Toolbar. To remove the toolbar, you uninstall the BrowserProtection and after doing that you uninstall the toolbar.

However, I must agree that the Virtual Bee offer is insidious, but is is not malware or a virus. It installs a toolbar, PriceGong and it also changes your default website to search.conduit.com without asking you. You should report such offers, then uninstall the programs which were installed and then change your default page again. After doing a thorough uninstall, everything should be alright.

By the way, the most programs which are shown on the offers can be downloaded without any toolbar, as example 7Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/]) or the VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]). That refutes your first sentence.

Regards,
Confuzzled

[dv8r]

I don't like made-up statistics. Besides that, again, there usually aren't any viruses or malware in those programs. There's a difference between (browser) adware, a toolbar and malware. Some anti-virus programs see those downloads from "freeridegames" as virus or malware because those programs always contain an annoying toolbar, as example the Delta Toolbar. Remember that anti-virus programs may come with false positives.

If you don't deselect the Delta Toolbar, the Delta Toolbar will install and it will also change the default page on your browser ("Hijacking the browser"). It sometimes also contains another program called "BrowserProtection", that one is there to prevent deleting the Toolbar. To remove the toolbar, you uninstall the BrowserProtection and after doing that you uninstall the toolbar.

However, I must agree that the Virtual Bee offer is insidious, but is is not malware or a virus. It installs a toolbar, PriceGong and it also changes your default website to search.conduit.com without asking you. You should report such offers, then uninstall the programs which were installed and then change your default page again. After doing a thorough uninstall, everything should be alright.

By the way, the most programs which are shown on the offers can be downloaded without any toolbar, as example 7Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/]) or the VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]). That refutes your first sentence.

Regards,
Confuzzled

So, I tried that out and installed sandboxie. I installed the power point software and I clicked "no" to installing the delta toolbar. Guess, what... It installed the delta toolbar anyway. It's a good thing I ran it on sandboxie and not the real thing.

Look, it's just my opinion... I would not trust any download that I've never heard of because you don't know if they have something hidden inside them that can infect the PC. Do you honestly think that most of these downloads are legit?