Bypass cnet installer

Today I wanted to download Dr. I never had problems with downloads on Cnet before, but this one got me puzzled at first. Instead of allowing me to download the setup file directly, a Kilobyte web installer was downloaded. I first thought that the developers of CureIt had provided the installer, turned out I was wrong. Cnet, at least for this download and probably for all downloads on the site, is not offering direct links to those setup files anymore.

This in itself is problematic as it means that users need to run the download. That's additional work for the user. The real problem here however is that the web installer is pushing the Babylon toolbar. Users who do not pay attention to the download process will install the Babylon Toolbar, make Babylon their default search engine and homepage of their browsers. Cnet is without doubt generating lots of revenue from the web installer, considering that the toolbar installation options are enabled by default, and that most users click Next Next Next when it comes to installation processes.

It might make sense to use a different download portal in the future, especially if you do not want to download the Kilobyte web installer every time you download a file from the download site. Good alternatives are Softpedia and Major Geeks. Thanks for this valuable information. I wrote to CNET and they said that Babylon was an approved advertiser with the implication that it was my fault because I should have noticed the tiny little box to check off that directs one to a download without the Babylon virus.

I completely agree, CNET was one of my most trusted places for downloads and information. Is filehippo our next best hope, or do you know of something better? 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.

What you do not know is that they intend on putting that software on your machine without asking you. Your new junk and infected machine comes to you from CNET, without any choices. I got the ASK toolbar again and it requires a special anti-malware software tool to get rid of it. Yes, I have encountered this installer and just went to MajorGeeks. Others will eventually catch on, including CNET! Sure, it probably unpacks in your TEMP directory or elsewhere, but it would be so much work to go in there to copy your actual setup file for next time.

Downloads from CNET is fully ruined for me. It is good at slapping the toolbar of the month on your PC, but from there it drops a ZIP file of the app you wanted and opens an explorer window to that folder.

Then you have to open the dropped ZIP file and run the installer. Needless to say, confusing for newbies, and why I saw one commenter who said it appeared the install just stopped. God only knows how much business I lost from this. I normally download from internode mirror on majorgeeks so it is unmetered content and very much up to date with the latest versions. Sourceforge is a great site for downloads as well. When I got the KB file in my first thought I considered it a malware which somehow got into the software portal.

Then I started downloading another software and got another KB file. I finally came to understand what was wrong. Check here for now, I will write about it soon. Not even an option to bypass this.

These guys just protecting their ad-customers. It requires efforts. The cnet download pages also provide a link to directly download the respective programs. Very bad move. I saw it.. People vl get all for their taste..!! I fully agree with your conclusion : download from Softpedia and Major Geeks when it is possible and that is exactly what I have done since a couple of weeks. As a rule I never trust a web installer. I look for the actual installer elsewhere at some of the sites mentioned and if it is not available anywhere else I just pass.

I think that this new installer could become a problem for software developers who link to download. I reject web installers always if it is possible to. Very bad form on their part. I go there even less now as a result. I also have encountered this installer few weeks ago.. Can somebody explain me what is that sence? And what kind of business perspective it provides?

Maybe i have to upload all my software to CNET download. CNET might also offer other incentives for software developers, like ad revenue sharing. Not sure about this but it would make sense if they offered something for exclusivity. Long while ago, I loved Download. But — that was a long while ago. I just went to download CCleaner from download. Talk about bs. Thank you for this article. I have a fairly extensive film library which has updates that are downloaded.

In the past all these updates were done from the supplier, except this last one that went through cnet. It was in a nano that this Babylon program was downloaded and installed. Of course the first thing I thought was a malware program was in my computer. I asked the supplier of the updates about Babylon and was told they had never heard of it, although I was told that they are using cnet. After some research and reading this article I feel confident that I do not have malware and can use the computer using a creddit card.

Also unchecking it seems or at least did to stop the install. I was using them as a mirror, as they kept the product up to date and were reliable. To say I was unhappy to discover that they had made this change is an understatement. Despite what they may say about more statistics, there is only one reason they added it — to throw in bundles BING Toolbar right now. CNET Download.

Now they do it themselves. I no longer can direct users to Download. It is a shame. Other vendors will feel the same, trust me. I am very disappointed and strongly encourage them to revisit this terrible decision. Whatever short term gain in revenue they may have will not be worth the permanent loss in reputation. I forgot, their official announcement about this was back on July 27th. I hate that I missed it for nearly a month, sending my users to this crap. Here it is, where they proudly announce the addition of their Download.

I am sure you are right about their financial calculation. It is all about short-term revenue. There is no consideration given to the end user, but that is true for most companies. Indeed Download. With Microsoft, they have a special relationship. They tried this in Windows 7 but it never really took off. All the listings come from Download. In fact, on the site Windows Marketplace , they say to get your app listed, go add it to Download.

For Google, they have a special way of displaying Download. Their newsletters are so.. For an important change like this though, they should have more aggressively tried to inform vendors. Ironically, I was ranting about how terrible bundles are only days ago, and ranting about the proliferation of rogue download sites that are buying up adwords for popular freeware and shareware.

I saw this and I nearly lost my head! It would be confusing for many newbies. Its only real purpose is to install the BING toolbar, and they do mention they may use other bundles later. Oh well… Nothing new I guess. Another site sells out.

This is just a particularly big sell out. They have probably made a calculation and came to the conclusion that even though they might lose some traffic in the long run due to disgruntled users, they will be making a nice buck from the rest. And since Google and Bing loves the site I noticed that download. In their defense, I reviewed my email archives and they did mention it in one of their newsletters late last month. Since their newsletters are.. The bastards have done it to my software as well, without telling me.

Not impressed. I guess the download sites must be in their final death throes to crap all over the people who provide their content in such a blatant manner. However, if I had one their download buttons on my site I would have removed it the second I saw this.

An update on my rant about cnet posted August 20 am. I sent my supplier this web site talking about cnet and obviously it was researched and I received a reply. I was told that they have removed all cnet download links.

They were not aware cnet had started bundling their download manager. They did it without informing my film library supplier. They advised they will not use cnet anymore unless cnet stops bundling the tool bar.

At least I can no download updates directly with ease of mind. Likewise, I informed fellow software vendors. Others removed their links immediately. The PPD app is ok for now but the other app has this download manager horseshit.

I used to also link directly to their site for downloads needless to say I removed this immediately. Disgraceful and penny pinching behaviour at its best, cheers! The first Windows Application Store. With Allmyapps you can Install, Update or uninstall al your software in a single click. We remove crapware Toolbar, malware, etc from the installation process.

Kill it with fire. Disconnect them from your Internets. Yes this is the last straw for me. The only download most tech savvy users should try is Linux it seems Linux Mint is the best for folks coming from windows, much nicer than Mac OS X too i think, free too.

I have removed my apps from cnet now too. I thought Download. Those files do not include our installer. The download is instant, after all — wait 5 seconds, starts.. You know. That is a lame excuse of theirs. While the web installer provided by cnet download was downloading the main installer of Microsoft trial version, the net had a problem and the download was canceled.

The problem is, the downloaded part of the installer was not deleted and is still consuming space on my hard disk. Can anyone tell me where did the downloaded part of the installer go? Try it again and see where your computer offers to put it and at the same time, if necessary, take a note of the actual file name and do a search for it.

That is where it dumps the user to run the ZIP, iirc. I have no news of changes being made to the installer as of yet, but I can assure you that the people in charge of it are listening to your complaints and are strongly considering options for improving the experience. I have not been provided with numbers to back this up, yet. However, your feedback does appear to be reaching its target. No requests have been denied so far, to the best of my knowledge.

The link appears just below the green Download. You are all more than welcome to continue sending your complaints and concerns to me, and I can forward them on. I can be reached at [email protected]. You can also send them to [email protected].

Would they just de-list my software, or are they sincerely adhering to these requests and simply not bundling the toolbar with requested software? Not that it matters much, but Download.

Requests for removal from the installer are being respected. After contacting the Download. Now when you click on the download button, the actual software installer is downloaded, not the web installer. As mentioned by Seth, you can email your requests to [email protected]. It will take about days to reply. Hope this helps.

C NET has good features. I agree. I saw this and refused to assimilate! The installer has been detected to inject spyware right after it opens. I have been one of the first critics of all this, but I must say that article is a little misleading.

From what I can see at a cursory glance, the installer is simply dropping the toolbar installer into a temp folder — not necessarily running it. If you don't see that message, and instead see "Compatible TPM cannot be found" or another message indicating the TPM may be disabled, follow the next steps. We'll cover both here. The first is for much newer PCs, the second method for those a few years older. Regardless of which you choose, though, you're going to need to restart your machine.

So save any work and close any open windows or programs before proceeding. If you have a newer machine running Windows 10, your boot time may be too fast for you to try the traditional method of hitting a particular key to get to your BIOS menu before Windows can fully load.

Here's how to get to it from inside your normal desktop. Start your computer normally and open the Start menu by clicking on that Windows button on the far left bottom of your screen.

Click on the gear-shaped Settings icon on the left side of the menu. On the left-side pane that appears, click Recovery. Under the Advanced startup header, click Restart now. Your computer will immediately restart, and instead of restarting and bringing you to your normal desktop screen, you'll be brought to a blue screen with a few options.

You're going to need to move very quickly for Step 1. You'll only have a few seconds to get into the BIOS before your operating system loads. If you miss your window, no harm done, you'll just have to restart the computer and try again. After Step 1, though, feel free to take your sweet time. Restart your computer, and as it's booting up you should see a message telling you to press a certain key to enter the BIOS, whether it uses that word or another. On most Dells, for instance, you should see "Press F2 to enter Setup.

Depending on what kind of computer you have, a different key may be needed to enter your Setup menu. If there's no message on the screen with instructions, the general rule is to hit the key when you see the manufacturer's logo but before Windows loads. To find out which key will get you in, search online for your laptop's make and model along with the phrase "BIOS key.

Using your keyboard, navigate to it and hit Enter. Once you're inside the Security section, you're going to be looking for the TPM settings. Warning: Stay alert here. Within most TPM settings menus, you generally have an option to clear your TPM, update it or restore it to factory default. All in all an excellent script for users who sometimes download software from download.

No more downloads from CNet, 2 times their installer,2 times problems. I have shifted to Softpedia. It even helps me to keep my software up-to-date at all times! Everybody is mad at them. Developers are removing their applications.

Users are deserting their site. Yet they continue down the same destructive path. Death wish? I agree, and have blocked them from appearing in my search results.

You find the link near the end. File Hippo is my 1 choice. First time I saw Cnets installer I quickly abandoned the site. Have ZERO use for that crap. Stopped using CNet for downloads after the first time it happened. There is always an alternative! Explaining why it is actually not what it once was. Never trust a liar. Cool info Martin. Last year I switched to Major Geeks because of the added crapware to Download. Now I can DL from that site again in cause the file is not available on mg.

I will not allow Cnet to access my computer. Microsoft Office YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ Avast Free Security. WhatsApp Messenger. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3.