Re: Download Managers

From: Brad (gryphonn@austarnet.com.au)
Date: 02/27/03

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    From: "Brad" <gryphonn@austarnet.com.au>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
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

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