

This incarnation of the CNET downloader goes on to download and install software on your PC without a direct warning (except for what appear to users to be “banners ads”) and with no “OPT OUT” choices. I got 4 pieces of extra software, only one had an “opt out”, and the ones I had no choice about getting contained two virus programs. What you do not know is that they intend on putting that software on your machine without asking you. FAR worse than that – the CNET download tool now also (it seems so innocent when you see it happening) sending (what look like) advertisements during the file transfer as you wait for your file.
