Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Olifant 3.0 and Windows 10
Poster: Adrien Esparron
Post title: Free downloads are sometimes tricky...
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
I don´t know why, but my first download of olifant did not work
[/quote]
...the first file (or perhaps the second?) was infected by istartpageing, a browser hijacker and therefore a kind of malware, although my (paid) antivirus programme was activ. Now my web browser always starts with "istartpageing" (instead of Google). I wonder how I can get rid of it? A web search shows numerous programms, which might be trustful as the malware I caught... [/quote]
I posted an answer for the hijacking problem here :
[url removed]
You have to know that a lot of free downloads are "sponsored" with malwares and adwares that, if you do not pay attention, are by default downloaded and installed, provoking the problems you had.
Be careful, even if you "Decline" or "Skip", these programs, you are never sure to avoid some of them. So, by principle, always download free tools and softs from the original editor.
Have fun!
[Modifié le 2015-12-02 11:21 GMT]
Topic: Olifant 3.0 and Windows 10
Poster: Adrien Esparron
Post title: Free downloads are sometimes tricky...
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
I don´t know why, but my first download of olifant did not work
[/quote]
...the first file (or perhaps the second?) was infected by istartpageing, a browser hijacker and therefore a kind of malware, although my (paid) antivirus programme was activ. Now my web browser always starts with "istartpageing" (instead of Google). I wonder how I can get rid of it? A web search shows numerous programms, which might be trustful as the malware I caught... [/quote]
I posted an answer for the hijacking problem here :
[url removed]
You have to know that a lot of free downloads are "sponsored" with malwares and adwares that, if you do not pay attention, are by default downloaded and installed, provoking the problems you had.
Be careful, even if you "Decline" or "Skip", these programs, you are never sure to avoid some of them. So, by principle, always download free tools and softs from the original editor.
Have fun!
[Modifié le 2015-12-02 11:21 GMT]