321 Player For Pc Filehippo

[Antonio Brittenham]

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This has been raised before, particularly in late 2013, and has been passed onto Pirform admin, so they are aware of it. Filehippo used to be the trusted repository for software, especially for archived releases. Unfortunately Filehippo has become just like many of the other software repositories, riddled with sneaky - and presumably paying - dubious and deceptive downloads. This applies to all software on Filhippo, not just Piriform's. Perhaps your post should have been directed at Filehippo.

Why is Filhippo rubbish? I dunno, why is the world rubbish? I guess they have to eat, like the rest of us. Why do Piriform still use Filhippo? I dunno either, possibly because a lot of users still go there for their software.

What FileHippo.com or other 3rd party sites do is out of the control of Piriform.com! It is already a known issue because other people have been posting about getting duped into downloading something off of FileHippo.com that they didn't want, i.e.; not the software they thought they were getting. Basically you clicked an advertisement and didn't realize it.

If you and your friend had adblock software installed in all of your web browsers (Adblock Plus for Firefox based browsers, or Adblock for Chrome based browsers), along with a HOSTS file like MVPS HOSTS File this maybe would've never happened to begin with - that dubious/trickery advertisement would've been blocked.

It's important to manually inspect downloaded setup files by right-clicking them and looking at the properties listed in the Version (tab) which will reveal: Company, Product Name, Product Version. Also it's vital to make sure the Digital Signature is valid if one is available in the setup file (all Piriform installers have a Digital Signature), if the Digital Signature is not valid do NOT install the software, and inquire on the software forum about it by posting a bug report.

Try to follow the same practice when it's possible of getting setup files directly from the developer website. Even if some download site is deemed by the developers as an "official mirror / official download host / official download site".

Hey guys thanks for all you responses, I was typing this reply that was extreamely detailed (I spent over an hour typing it) then I accidently clicked on another members avatar and my browser jumped and when I press back all the stuff I had typed had not been saved to the cache but was gone forever OH WELL. Maybe it was for the better. To sum things up though I have 2 questions,

To answer the direct question asked above, in all likelihood the "culprit" is FileHippo. It's how they make revenue, by counting on a user not to notice the small but marked actual download and to click on the clearly marked adverts. to put it another way, they expect you not to notice the big button says it's for downloading something other than what you went to the page for, thus getting them paid.

My first load of the page, I did not get the same misleading advertisements that the original poster did I was able to confirm the makeup of the adverts, which I had noticed in the OP screenshot (thank you that provided much help).

All of the adverts shown in the screenshot and my browser have two symbols in the top left corner a sideways triangle (like a play button) and an x. The former doesn't seem to have a function, while the latter brings up a limited report button (see my screenshot)

In the original post's screenshot one can see what the ads are for, if one is paying attention (as I stated in my previous post). The large top left is for "browsersafe" whilst the smaller trickier one below the proper download button is for a site that WoT barely trusts. the index(homepage) of this site automatically transfers you to a download button similar looking to the OP's screenshot for a sketchy flash player bundled with a delta-based-porentially-unsafe-toolbar (see my second screenshot)

Yes this all points to the filehippo advertising platform. 1 and 2 in my screenshot are ads 3 is the real download. While I can understand filehippo's need for revenue, these advertisements lull a normal user into a false sense that ccleaner (and other hosted software) in malicious. Most people don't notice the aspects I noticed in the original post that shows they are ads and most who do notice such things block ads and semi-malicious injection type banners via HOSTS or their security softwares.

We should not fault those who don't use these precautions though, and sadly some posters in this thread (perhaps even myself initially, though I tried to mitigate that in post) seem to have done that to the original poster; for our entire community I apologize for that, and hang my head in shame that some of us "nerds" can be so judgemental and shortsighted.

I informed other mods about these links just after this thread first started and provided screenshots of the web addresses involved. I even went to the same site the Original Poster went to and tried to download the that file (my security software blocked it)

I had no doubt GuitarSmokr was telling the truth as to what had happened to him. The wrappers and software involved are in a grey area of legality. Software writers of PuPs (Potentially unwanted programs) can sue antivirus programs if they are blocked automatically unless the user has ticked a box in the settings of the av saying they want them removed.

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