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Re: Download Managers
From: "Brad" <gryphonn () austarnet com au>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:07:02 +1000
On 26 Feb 2003 at 11:11, Leon Pholi wrote: From: Leon Pholi <L.Pholi () secureinteractive com> To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Download Managers Date sent: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:11:04 +1100
Hi, Just wondering on thoughts about download managers- do they pose are security risk? Any known to be trojaned? The one I use is GetRight, does anyone know if this one has known security issues? Any thoughts appreciated, thanks. Leon
Hi all In respect to security issues (Trojans etc) I haven't heard of any issues (except maybe Realdownload's past habit of sending personal information back to Realnetworks. I am unsure as to whether this still happens. One download manager that seems to be favoured due to its *lack* of add-ons is Download Expert. It can be found at these sites (probably more): http://www.yanew.com (home site) http://www.wilders.org http://www.webattack.com/get/expert.shtml Accoring to TUCOWS, the following download managers are ad supported: Download Accelerator Plus Download Wonder NetAnts Go!Zilla will try to install add-ons and extras. Some are optional, some aren't. FreshDownload is a freeware program. However, in order to activate the product, you must provide a valid e-mail address. This address is added to the fresh Devices mailing lists to notify of updates to the program you've downloaded. Reports suggest that it can be next to impossible to remove yourself from these lists using standard Fresh Devices unsubscribe methods. HTH, Cheers, Brad Gryphonn Design Custom Computers Anti-virus and Security services E: gryphonn () austarnet com au This tagline is designed to piss off those people who think 134 bytes of ASCII is a waste of bandwidth.
Current thread:
- Download Managers Leon Pholi (Feb 26)
- Re: Download Managers Corey Schaffer (Feb 26)
- Re: Download Managers Vlad Tsyrklevich (Feb 27)
- Re: Download Managers Leo Security (Feb 27)
- RE: Download Managers John Hendren (Feb 27)
- Re: Download Managers Brad (Feb 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Download Managers SMiller (Feb 26)
- RE: Download Managers Allan Schon (Feb 27)
- Re: Download Managers nightowlcat (Feb 28)
- RE: Download Managers Leonard.Ong (Feb 28)