Cnet is accused of bundling malware with downloads

[G. Morgan]

Nobody > (Revisited) wrote:

>CNET has gotten so much **** handed to them over this that they had to
>fix this, and it appears they did.

It was one of those things they probably knew was going to be balked at,
but still made enough $$ to justify a 'temporary' ****ware wrapper. I
wonder how long they projected it would last before major tech blogs
zoomed in on it?

[Nobody > (Revisited)]

On 1/3/2012 6:56 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
> Nobody> (Revisited) wrote:
>
>> CNET has gotten so much **** handed to them over this that they had to
>> fix this, and it appears they did.
>
> It was one of those things they probably knew was going to be balked at,
> but still made enough $$ to justify a 'temporary' ****ware wrapper. I
> wonder how long they projected it would last before major tech blogs
> zoomed in on it?
>

I heard glimmers of their unholy "packing" back in about April 2011, but
adding the hidden apps didn't hit the streets until August, at least
big-time.

2011-08-20 14:27
https://forum.ultravnc.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=28692

More links there, too little time.


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[G. Morgan]

Nobody > (Revisited) wrote:

>On 1/3/2012 6:56 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
>> Nobody> (Revisited) wrote:
>>
>>> CNET has gotten so much **** handed to them over this that they had to
>>> fix this, and it appears they did.
>>
>> It was one of those things they probably knew was going to be balked at,
>> but still made enough $$ to justify a 'temporary' ****ware wrapper. I
>> wonder how long they projected it would last before major tech blogs
>> zoomed in on it?
>>
>
>I heard glimmers of their unholy "packing" back in about April 2011, but
>adding the hidden apps didn't hit the streets until August, at least
>big-time.
>
>2011-08-20 14:27
>https://forum.ultravnc.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=28692
>
>More links there, too little time.

I first noticed it in August by pure chance. I rarely get downloads
there and just 'got lucky'.