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It's impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing

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[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 months ago

Is softonic actually malware or an unreliable repository that may contain malware? I’ve never actually clicked in lol

[-] renzev@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago

I unknowingly downloaded some software from there when I was a kid, and, from what I remember, it came bundled with some sort of update manager or something. Even if it's not outright malware, I would wager most people who are looking to download logitech's utility don't want some irrelevant third-party garbage on their system. So AT BEST it's crapware / bloatware

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 21 points 2 months ago

They had some issues with their downloader in the past but that thing has been canned a long time ago. It's not a great site but it isn't malware.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That's the beauty of the internet. There's always a competitor. I don't have to use someone who had a bad reputation at one point but is fine now. I can just use someone else.

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

My elderly dad fell for something similar trying to call HP support, he googled the number and the top result was some bullshit. They had him set up remote access and compromised all his data. Old man had to reset everything.

He called me saying what happened, I had him shut down and unplug. I recovered what I could but he lost a lot of data.

This shit should be illegal. Like, I'm sure it is technically but there shouldnt be unofficial sponsored results above legitimate sources.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah… I get that you pay for ads, but ads should never masquerade themselves as legitimate content.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

In a perfect world, they'd be legally/financially responsible for any ads they serve up like that.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago
[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 months ago

It's just a mirror for software that is or was free. Though it's been around for years, and hasn't been relevant or needed by most people for a long time now so it very well could contain viruses and shit these days.

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