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Shareware software giveaway websites
« on: May 17, 2018, 10:10:42 AM »
Is it safe to download software from the sites that have daily giveaways? Are they able to inject some virus into the software? Is it feasible for them to do it everyday?
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Re: Shareware software giveaway websites
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2018, 10:17:51 AM »
Is it safe to download software from the sites that have daily giveaways?
don't know

Are they able to inject some virus into the software?
yes, definitely

Is it feasible for them to do it everyday?
yes, definitely

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Re: Shareware software giveaway websites
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2018, 10:19:46 AM »
You can check the reliability of a program by scanning it on https://www.virustotal.com

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Re: Shareware software giveaway websites
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2018, 03:14:55 PM »
Is it safe to download software from the sites that have daily giveaways? Are they able to inject some virus into the software? Is it feasible for them to do it everyday?
  Didn't ponder about that possibility, interesting.
   At first I said if it's free what could go wrong? 😊
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