Free Commercial Software.

A while back I found this website.
http://www.giveaway-club.com/
The site is clean according to VirusTotal.
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/c...05de5ef9a34c3215e6f6ebda/analysis/1455052935/

Licensed software are given away free of charge - legally.
These programs cannot be installed or re-installed after a certain date.

Two of the gems I found are Glary Utilities 4 Professional & DriverEasy 4 Professional.
Scroll down and have a look at the recent and upcoming giveaways.

Any comments?

PS An Administrator suggested I post this in The Lounge. I might move it to Software.

 

Thanks for the upfront check.

 

Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a free Photoshop cd and Microsoft Office.

 

That's not going to happen.
The owners/shareholders of Microsoft and Adobe believe "The love of Money is the root of all Happiness."

 

Yes.
And this is important. You don't get free updates.
Turn off the 'Check for updates' after installing the software.

 

Similar to:-

https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

I guess that is widely known!

 

No.
The site you linked to has a propitiatory installer that downloads cr@p prior to downloading the software. Much like CNET.

 

Thanks....point taken.

 

And let's not forget MajorGeeks.
Over the festive season, 14 commercial programs where available free of charge.
http://www.videoconverterfactory.com/partner/majorgeeks.html

FYI In less than 2 years WiseCare 365 Pro was offered 3 times.

 

They started using an encrypted installer wrapper (Themida - after someone wrote an article about 'hacking' their protection), the installer is harmless, and all you have to do is uncheck the "add a shortcut to my desktop" after the install. When you run the setup, it checks the Giveaway server for the 'key' to decrypt - so it can validate the giveaway is active.

"The updated 2012 wrapper was based on Themida technology which is similar to what’s used in rootkits. It was done largely to stop users easily grabbing the installer and registration information without installing the software, something which GiveawayOfTheDay don’t like you doing because you’re only supposed to install and activate the program on the day the software is offered."

 

Go here to download GIMP (General Image Manipulation Program), a free Photoshop knockoff.

 

The website, which is the subject of my thread, doesn't do that. And the software doesn't install after the offered date.
Plain and simple.