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Re:YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader by wslh on Friday April 08, 2016 @06:54AM (#11453788)
> The amount of crapware I've had to remove from family member's PCs...

I think it is time antivirus, Google Chrome, et al recognize those installers as crapware and give a warning before installation (yes, including Java SDK and Skype trying to install toolbars). Currently Google Chrome is giving a malware warning just because you have an .exe in your web page that for them seems malware, and if you work in

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Re:YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader by retube on Friday April 08, 2016 @06:57AM (#11453800)
> Currently Google Chrome is giving a malware warning just because you have an .exe

So how should one make available for download windows executables?

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Re:YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader by wslh on Friday April 08, 2016 @07:36AM (#11453903)
More info here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9512919/getting-around-ch...
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Re:YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader by hawski on Friday April 08, 2016 @07:07AM (#11453832)
Is this detection working for msi or zip files?
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Re:YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader by wslh on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:55AM (#11461785)
Yes.
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