Burn4free FYI

Discussion in 'Software' started by Major Attitude, May 19, 2005.

  1. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Since you may see it elsewhere, we have repeatedly deleted every submission of the program from the author here because it includes a browser hijacker. Its actually a decent program, but we can not add it here until the NavHelper and NavExcel Search Toolbar bundled with it are removed.

    http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.navhelper.html

    So, if you see it somewhere, downloaded it and are infected, as always, it wasnt from us.
     
    Major Attitude, May 19, 2005
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  2. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    For my own curiosity, does it give you a choice during installation, or is it buried deep in the EULA?
     
    Insomniac, May 19, 2005
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  3. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Testing it now to see if its been cleaned up
     
    Major Attitude, May 19, 2005
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  4. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Ooooooh, sneaky bastards. What they did was update download.com listing by sending them a version without the browser hijack. Since 1.4 million have already downloaded it from download.com, its in their best interests to send them a spyware free version, hoping you update from them later.

    Note the different file sizes. Smaller from download.com, larger from burn4free website.
     

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    Major Attitude, May 19, 2005
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  5. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    MA, thanks for looking after us, as always. :D :cool: Bazza

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    bigbazza, May 20, 2005
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  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    If a company can be as sneeky as this then they no matter what they do in the future they are not a company I would like to use!! trust these days is a bye word and I know I can trust MGs to have downloads I know to be safe in knowing they have been tested in house for safe use for all users.

    Cheers for the updates MA :)
     
    DavidGP, May 20, 2005
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  7. escudo

    escudo Private E-2

    I find it of interest that none of the McAfee or Norton internet security programs I'm using (antispy, antivirus, antispam - all up to date) point this out. The files come back as "clean", regardless of the size or the download site.

    Thanks for the warning.
     
    escudo, Dec 11, 2005
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  8. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Since I can't sleep, I decided to give this a shot. The file size is the same, both the authour's and download.com sizes are 2.39 MB. I decided against going past this screen as I have better things to do than clean my rig. At least they are "honest" about it.:rolleyes: MA was %100 correct in his assessment of the authours.

    http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/2585/burn4free8ap.jpg

    After reading their FAQ and privacy blurbs, they don't seem so evil anymore though I won't touch it.

     
    augiedoggie, Dec 12, 2005
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