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Re:Download.com and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Brea... by StavrosK on Friday February 12, 2016 @06:53AM (#11086609)
Protip: If a site wants you to download an installer, or has its own installer for the software it provides, don't use it.
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Re:Download.com and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Brea... by derpadelt on Friday February 12, 2016 @08:47AM (#11087077)
> Protip

That's the problem: We should not need to be "pro" to get software - even in an open world without walled gardens.

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Re:Download.com and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Brea... by Houshalter on Friday February 12, 2016 @02:13PM (#11089660)
Almost all software comes with an installer. Might as well just not download software over the internet, which makes it impossible to do anything.
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Re:Download.com and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Brea... by StavrosK on Friday February 12, 2016 @07:13PM (#11091646)
Sorry, I meant a site installer, like those random "download.com installer" software. Not the installer of the program itself.

Generally, if the installer is branded with the branding of the third-party you downloaded a program from, stay away.

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