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★ 4.3
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Now this site has poor security and it tries to install potentially unwanted programs such as Spyware, Adware, Keyloggers and so on. it is recommended to avoid downloading anything from this site and look for suspicious signs on untrusted sites.
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Don't trust the reviews, this site is horrifyingly bad.
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MARRE des POURRIELS à répétition sur des listes VOLEES on ne sait où de cette Agence Américaine créée par TUCOWS DO... Read More
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AppGuard ***** trial on Tucows contains malware. Do not open!
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This site loaded a whole slew of spyware after I tried to install one app (flash cookie removal) off their website. It took me several passes to remove everything that tucows put on my computer and it also erased my chrome site startup settings.
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To all those users that rate tucows.com a "non-good" site, don't overlook disagreeing with the Excellent rating by choosing the category "Other users opinions">"Good site">"I DISAGREE" — there's a catagory for... Read More
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bad ware Spyware Rogue Scanners http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/sitereports/domain/tucows.com/ http://www.malwareblacklist.com/searchClearingHouse.php?search=tucows.com http://hos... Read More
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Bitdefender Traffic light says. This page contains viruse... Read More
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pascal compliler has a Tojan built into the install code.
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Malware, Adware are embedded in the software. It will steal your passwords through keystrokes. Be very careful. npTNT2.dll is only one of the issues...undern... Read More
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Downloads come packaged with unwanted software, such as adware.
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There are too many problems with them to even type out here. BLOCKED!!
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BAD BAD BAD VERY BAD.. now i need to clean my computer... WTF!!!
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Got malware from a font pack I downloaded... :(
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Virus Total Detection Ratio: 1/58 Virus Total Anti-Virus Engine: "ParetoLogic" Detects this as a "Malware site"
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It's either: A shop or other that uses SPAM to his promotion (adverts), even famous brands, deemed reliable, do the same now, I've seen public services in any country to use SPAM for their advancement (tourism, trade fairs, shows, festivals, etc..), there is only a small step for hospitals, police, governments, schools, ... will go d... Read More
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My experiences with this website are negative due ot the increasing amount of malware found in the downloads, usually containing adware, trojans and spyware. The hosted site however is clean as there is no malicious script execution upon downloading the sites contents from sim... Read More
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after the save-as dialog on the download page, Avast reports a threat in my downloads folder: ***** I'm more than sure it's this site because I've re-visted the page about 5 times, with the same results and reports.
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I used to use this site a lot, but the last time I downloaded something from here, the downloader infected my machine with 2 nasty pieces of malware: PremierOpinion and Yahoo Community Smartbar.
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