PC World warns against installing unwanted software via download manager
Who searches the Internet for useful freeware or shareware for your own computer, lands in the search often occur in download managers. At first glance, these applications promise useful features like a faster or paused downloads and protection against viruses. However, said aid programs over the desired by the user application also install these "Download wrapper" often unwanted software, especially specific toolbars for the Internet browser. Particularly annoying: Some of these additional programs nest after installation so deeply into their own system, they can be removed only with difficulty and a greater expenditure of time again. then helps partly even only resets Windows. This is indicated by the magazine PC World in its new issue (6 / 2013, 3 EVT. May). Readers learn it well, which download manager should avoid them better.
Only rarely can be undesired additional software already detect and disable downloading the desired program. Therefore, users should follow the following installation process to the last step of particular importance and never confirm the individual menu steps unread. In the simplest cases, you can install additional programs by removing a tick prevention. However, some vendors try to prevent this by graying around buttons to disable, so that they are apparently inactive. Also, some text notes contain double negatives, which is their perceived importance vice versa.
As PC World further recommends users should be particularly skeptical of download sites where teem with banners and various download buttons. It should also be carefully examined before the actual download file name. Often this already gives information about whether it is indeed the desired software or a download manager.
Source: Munich [PC World]
