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"Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>> Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:30:54 +1000, "Rod Speed"
>>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>"Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>> Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:17:54 +1000, Je?us <j@j.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 21:19:17 +1000, felix <felix@real_felix.invalid>
>>>>>>>>>On 12/08/2017 5:02 PM, Petzl wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:25:56 +1000, felix
>>>>>>>>>> <felix@real_felix.invalid>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/08/2017 2:15 PM, Petzl wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:41:01 +1000, felix
>>>>>>>>>>>> I downloaded "Video Downloader Pro"
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://is.gd/mg9t9C
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> if it is as bad as those anti malware sites try to make out, why
>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>> Chrome ie. Google, not warning about it?
>>>>>>>>>> Fakenews?
>>>>>>>>>> Widows Defender can't detect anything wrong
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>maybe those sites were just using it as an excuse to spruik their
>>>>>>>>>anti-malware sofware. I think it's fine
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you read the negative reviews/comment via a search engine, the
>>>>>>>>problem with this app is clearly explained. What Defender et al says
>>>>>>>>about it is irrelevant.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SpyHunter the 2nd check is very hostile towards adware and it says
>>>>>>> it's clean?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Begriming to think your search is a different product?
>>>>>>> my browser "Extension" is called
>>>>>>> "Video Downloader Pro I use it on Opera browser
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I concluded that felix's extension was the same as the adware by
>>>>>> the fact that the slogan he mentions is in one of the screenshots
>>>>>> shown on the botcrawl.com site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it just hasn't made its way onto the blacklists for
>>>>>> your software - after all, it can be removed like any other
>>>>>> browser extension anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>>More likely it once did have a problem with the installer
>>>>>installing some extra shit and that has been fixed now.
>>>>
>>>> Thats what I think, the "news" link was a year old
>>>
>>> The "news" link, which you seem determined not to read, notes:
>>>
>>> "Video Downloader Pro ads can usually?be identified by text
>>> on them that say "Ads By Video Downloader Pro" on the bottom
>>> corner."
>>
>> But no one here has seen any of those, so clearly it doesn?t do that
>> anymore and that?s all that matters if you are considering using it now.

> If the people here have only just installed it,
> we don't know if it might start the ads later.

Sure, but given that it was previously claimed that the ads were branded
with its name, it’s a tad unlikely that would be deliberately delayed.

MUCH more likely that it doesn’t do that anymore, if it is the one that used 
to do that.

> In any case the fact that it once had ads would be enough
> to deter people like me from ever letting it near their PC.

You have always been, and always will be, completely and utterly irrelevant, 
as always.

What you may or may not choose to put on your PC in spades.

> There are tons of video downloaders out there, adware, trialware,
> and even honest freebies. This probably isn't the only one that
> knows about Tenplay.

What matters is if there are any that do that job better and are free. 

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Great Video downloader felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-12 10:28 +1000
  Re: Great Video downloader not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-12 01:13 +0000
    Re: Great Video downloader Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-08-12 12:32 +1000
    Re: Great Video downloader felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-12 12:41 +1000
      Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 14:15 +1000
        Re: Great Video downloader felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-12 15:25 +1000
          Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 17:02 +1000
            Re: Great Video downloader felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-12 21:19 +1000
              Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 22:27 +1000
              Re: Great Video downloader not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-12 23:10 +0000
                Re: Great Video downloader Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-08-13 10:19 +1000
              Re: Great Video downloader Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2017-08-13 10:17 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-13 12:04 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-13 22:17 +0000
                Re: Great Video downloader "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 09:30 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 10:57 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2017-08-14 01:27 +0000
                Re: Great Video downloader "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 15:44 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-08-14 23:08 +0000
                Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 11:08 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-08-15 11:15 +1000
                Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 15:56 +1000
  Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 13:49 +1000
    Re: Great Video downloader Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-08-12 14:13 +1000
      Re: Great Video downloader felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-08-12 15:45 +1000

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