http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: FileHippo . . . en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:53:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42345 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:00 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 42345@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i think there are a couple on file hippo that have spyware add-ons in side them that you can choose to install or not but they state it in the description though </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42343 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:25:17 +0000 BobJam 42343@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ScottW,</p> <p>Two that come to mind are CNET and MajorGeeks. But neither really has a "guarantee" per se.</p> <p>CNET says "Safe, Trusted, and Spyware free"</p> <p>MajorGeeks says "MajorGeeks.com - The Original Spyware Free Download Site."</p> <p>But you're right . . . all that is just advertising BS, and hardly a guarantee. And you're right on about there being no real remedy. Sometimes the boring EULA has a paragraph buried in it about the free software containing adware for revenue, but who reads all the way through EULA's?? Most of us just click on "I Agree".</p> <p>So, whether it's CNET, MajorGeeks, or whoever, it's really caveat emptor no matter what. The only way to halfway "guarantee" yourself is to ask other people who have used it, like the people on this site, if they had any problems because of it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42342 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:24:25 +0000 whs 42342@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>BobJam, I think someone said recently: "He who seeks problems, finds problems" - or something like that. But I have to admit, I never noticed that "Login" before. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42327 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:35:34 +0000 ScottW 42327@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>"All software is 100% spyware and virus free." This according to the <a href="http://filehippo.com/info/about/">About</a> page is hardly a guarantee. Which download site does give a guarantee and what do they provide as a remedy if you become infected from their software? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42324 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:28:38 +0000 Lighthouse 42324@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I believe they get their "stock", directly from the authors. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42321 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:25:01 +0000 BobJam 42321@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>OH . . . one more question about Filehippo. Do they "guarantee" (of course that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen) that the software they host is adware and spyware free, or is it caveat emptor?? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42319 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:16:47 +0000 BobJam 42319@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>NO, I'm not worrying . . . just curious. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42318 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:11:15 +0000 wallaceb 42318@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i myself have never had to log in, so i would no worry </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42310 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:30:47 +0000 BobJam 42310@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs,</p> <p>This is what I mean by "registration":</p> <p><img src='http://www.geocities.com/heather_4307/Filehippo/1Login.png' /></p> <p><img src='http://www.geocities.com/heather_4307/Filehippo/2Registration.png' /></p> <p>"Registration" may have been a poor choice of word . . . I mean that "Username" and "Password" stuff.</p> <p>Like I said in my original post, "it doesn't appear that you need to login just to download any of the software shown", and everybody in this thread (including yourself) has confirmed my guess. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42300 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0000 wallaceb 42300@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i too consistently use file hippo without ever registering. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42296 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:58:14 +0000 Lighthouse 42296@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>BobJam. I don't think that Registration/Login has ever worked for us mortals. So I have no idea what benefits there would be. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42288 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:43:11 +0000 whs 42288@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I don't even know what you are talking about. I have downloaded stuff from there many times and I have seen other people do the same. I never knew or saw a "registration". </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/filehippo-#post-42284 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:11:56 +0000 BobJam 42284@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I've noticed that a few folks on here, particularly you, LH, refer to filehippo a lot. I visited the site and was clicking around and saw that the login is private, though they said "public" registrations will be available later. Not knowing the secret handshake, and being a member of "public", I wasn't able to login of course.</p> <p>Nevertheless, it doesn't appear that you need to login just to download any of the software shown, so what does the "logee" get?? </p>