Software awards scam
The truth is that many download sites are just electronic dung heaps, using fake awards, dubious SEO and content misappropriated from PAD files in a pathetic attempt to make a few dollars from Google Adwords. Hopefully these bottom-feeders will be put out of business by the continually improving search engines, leaving only the better sites.He notes the following sites which wrote him to say to stop wasting their time, indicating that they actually check submissions:
The author wonders whether download sites that certify software as "100% clean" actually scan submitted software for malware, but says to test it would be unethical. Actually, something very much like his test could be done, using the EICAR antivirus test file instead of his text file.www.download-tipp.de (German)
(Via Dave Palmer on the SKEPTIC list.)
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