It's getting worse.
Websites that I used to trust, have sold out. They have to be paid in some way to provide program downloads, but... now have made it virtually impossible to do a simple download, without jumping through hoops.
The main pages are so confusing that unless you are willing to read every word, you may end up downloading "FIX MY COMPUTER" files, "PROPRIETARY DOWNLOADERS", automatic "SCAN AND UPDATE ALL PROGRAMS" and phony "Ad Block" files that are really "Ad ADDERS.
But you knew all that.
What's really bugging me now, is the newer "AGREEMENTS" that you must okay in order to download. I was careless, and in trying to download CCleaner, I ended up with a series of long ageeements, each of which offered two or three malware items to "unclick"... Despite doing this, I ended up with three unwanted obnoxious "FIX" files, which showed up immediately in my startup programs... and were readily identified by Malwarebytes.
It's a jungle out there. Between the 20 minutes of every hour of TV programming and the walls, windows, posts, vehicles, and signs... our exposure to ADVERTISING is a 24/7 consensual agreement that we have made in order to exist.
Using the computer automatically puts us under continual attack. Is there no end to this?
Safe haven suggestions for free downloads?
Websites that I used to trust, have sold out. They have to be paid in some way to provide program downloads, but... now have made it virtually impossible to do a simple download, without jumping through hoops.
The main pages are so confusing that unless you are willing to read every word, you may end up downloading "FIX MY COMPUTER" files, "PROPRIETARY DOWNLOADERS", automatic "SCAN AND UPDATE ALL PROGRAMS" and phony "Ad Block" files that are really "Ad ADDERS.
But you knew all that.
What's really bugging me now, is the newer "AGREEMENTS" that you must okay in order to download. I was careless, and in trying to download CCleaner, I ended up with a series of long ageeements, each of which offered two or three malware items to "unclick"... Despite doing this, I ended up with three unwanted obnoxious "FIX" files, which showed up immediately in my startup programs... and were readily identified by Malwarebytes.
It's a jungle out there. Between the 20 minutes of every hour of TV programming and the walls, windows, posts, vehicles, and signs... our exposure to ADVERTISING is a 24/7 consensual agreement that we have made in order to exist.
Using the computer automatically puts us under continual attack. Is there no end to this?
Safe haven suggestions for free downloads?