Not only is wrapping installers an appalling idea, it's a horrible security practice. The installer allegedly does not spy on your computer, and can be completely removed by deleting the installer from the computer, but since "SAFE, TRUSTED, AND SPYWARE FREE" has been removed, I asked CNet and CBS Interactive how wrapping installers and the bundling of bloatware could possibly be construed as benefiting users or developers? No surprise there was no reply and also no surprise that the CNet wrapped installer version of Nmap is identified as malware by 10 of 42 scanners.Īfter numerous attempts to get a reply from editors, CBS Interactive, and even Microsoft, let's just open fire. "CNet knows that there's something wrong with what they're doing, and they're trying to deceive developers and users," according the ExtremeTech. In addition to the deception and trademark violation, and potential violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, this clearly violates Nmap's copyright. Of course they also violated our trademark by claiming this download is an Nmap installer when we have nothing to do with the proprietary trojan installer. Note how they use our registered "Nmap" trademark in big letters right above the malware "special offer" as if we somehow endorsed or allowed this. I took and attached a screen shot of the C|Net trojan Nmap installer in action. Then the next time the user opens their browser, they find that their computer is hosed with crappy toolbars, Bing searches, Microsoft as their home page, and whatever other shenanigans the software performs! The worst thing is that users will think we (Nmap Project) did this to them! ![]() Of course the problem is that users often just click through installer screens, trusting that gave them the real installer and knowing that the Nmap project wouldn't put malicious code in our installer.
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