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  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    Google Search marks Softpedia as a harmful website



    As of September 2007, search results in Google search engine pointing to Softpedia.com are tagged with a "This site may harm your computer." message.
    I never did trust them that much, they have too many flakey programs there
  • soup
    Just Trying To Help
    • Nov 2005
    • 7524

    #2
    I found that out yesterday, I was googling a program & clicked on SoftPedia which I have used before, with no problem, when that message came up. Of course I didn't tempt fate to see if it was right or wrong. I just went somewhere else.

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    • Paul64
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 2

      #3
      i just found it out too and i was very surprised/shocked, as until now this site didn't even have pop-ups

      and now google says that you'll get malware if you visit it??? can someone tell us if this is indeed true?

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      • locoeng
        Who Farted?
        • Dec 2005
        • 2509

        #4
        Shame on them.


        "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
        Walt Kelly

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        • Chewy
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 18971

          #5


          I am going with google on this till the smoke clears, I temporarily deleted your link loco

          that version may be pirated and full of adware/trojans?
          Last edited by Chewy; 17 Sep 2007, 01:44 AM.

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          • Dan
            Digital Video Master
            Digital Video Master
            • Dec 2005
            • 1029

            #6
            Originally Posted by Chewy
            http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/sof...=safe&aff_id=0

            I am going with google on this till the smoke clears, I temporarily deleted your link loco

            that version may be pirated and full of adware/trojans?
            I've been using siteadvisor for quite sometime now and if I recall, it used to flag Soft Pedia as a caution. Surprised it's actually rated safe now(by them), even with all the red flags on that summary page

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            • locoeng
              Who Farted?
              • Dec 2005
              • 2509

              #7
              I downloaded the software and will scan it to see if any thing comes up with Avast.


              "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
              Walt Kelly

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #8


                the file size seemed a little big?

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                • locoeng
                  Who Farted?
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 2509

                  #9
                  Code:
                  avast! Report
                  * This file is generated automatically
                  *
                  * Task 'Simple user interface' used
                  * Started on Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:18:07 PM
                  * VPS: 000775-0, 09/16/2007
                  *
                  
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\dvddisc.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\HDDImporter.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\ndvddisc.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDI\CDI_IMAG.RTF [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDI\CDI_TEXT.FNT [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDI\CDI_VCD.APP [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDI\CDI_VCD.CFG [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\cdr100.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\cdr50s.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDROM.CFG [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\CDROM.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\cdu920.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\cr2200cs.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\DVDREALLOC.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\Dws114x.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\geniso.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\GenUDF.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\image.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\ims.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\MMC.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\nero.txt [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\NeroAPI.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\NeroErr.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\neroscsi.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\NeRSDB.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\newtrf.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\ro1420c.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFiles\WNASPI32.DLL [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroFSStandalone.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\NeroRecode_CE_eng.chm [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\Recode.exe [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\ShortCut.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\TMPVImporter.dll [+] is OK
                  C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero Recode\UDFImporter.dll [+] is OK
                  Infected files: 0
                  Total files: 34
                  Total folders: 3
                  Total size: 21.9 MB
                  
                  *
                  * Task stopped: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:18:13 PM
                  * Run-time was 6 second(s)


                  "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
                  Walt Kelly

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                  • jm1647
                    An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 3661

                    #10
                    I just used the Mcafee site advisor http://www.siteadvisor.com/

                    and got this for softpedia.com

                    softpedia.com
                    Green Verdict Image

                    We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.

                    Are you the owner of this site? Leave a comment

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                    • Chewy
                      Super Moderator
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 18971

                      #11
                      324,212 Items
                      they can't even begin to keep a handle on it

                      like myspace

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                      • admin
                        Administrator
                        • Nov 2001
                        • 8917

                        #12
                        Originally Posted by jm1647
                        I just used the Mcafee site advisor http://www.siteadvisor.com/

                        and got this for softpedia.com

                        softpedia.com
                        Green Verdict Image

                        We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.

                        Are you the owner of this site? Leave a comment
                        They tested 11962 software downloads on the site, and I guess they found many malware programs, but not enough to trigger the "caution' since the percentage might be low. The threshold for which Google counts a site as "bad" might be lower though. It's not really Softpedia's fault, well it is, but they are being exploited by software "publishers" out there to make a buck. There is only so much softpedia can do to check every software.

                        In fact, it's like Google. Google has so many links to spam and fraud sites in it's database that it itself should be considered "dangerous" for people who don't know about these links. The problem is that Google can't check every link, at least not by a human being.
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                        • locoeng
                          Who Farted?
                          • Dec 2005
                          • 2509

                          #13
                          Nero Recode is a tool that makes it extremely easy to compress a large DVD movie to fit a standard 4.7GB DVDR disc. Software also allows converting AVI/MPEG-4/MOV to a DVDR.


                          AD has added Recode to their arsenal...I still need to play with this version to see what is up as it plainly states that it will encode to all the popular formats, but only lists Nero Digital as the supported feature.


                          "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
                          Walt Kelly

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                          • jm1647
                            An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                            • Apr 2005
                            • 3661

                            #14
                            Originally Posted by admin
                            They tested 11962 software downloads on the site, and I guess they found many malware programs, but not enough to trigger the "caution' since the percentage might be low. The threshold for which Google counts a site as "bad" might be lower though. It's not really Softpedia's fault, well it is, but they are being exploited by software "publishers" out there to make a buck. There is only so much softpedia can do to check every software.

                            In fact, it's like Google. Google has so many links to spam and fraud sites in it's database that it itself should be considered "dangerous" for people who don't know about these links. The problem is that Google can't check every link, at least not by a human being.
                            Softepedia.com itself comes up clean in Google.

                            And they posted a news article about Google partnering with StopMalware and the may harm your computer back in February.

                            As long as there are the crazy people out there making spyware, malware etc. out there, we all have to be on our toes and Google/StopMalware are helping us to do that.

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                            • gonwk
                              Lord of Digital Video
                              Lord of Digital Video
                              • Dec 2005
                              • 1500

                              #15
                              Hi folks,

                              So ... what is the verdict guys ... Stay Clear of "Softpedia" for a while!?!?

                              Thanks,
                              G!

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