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Re: Great Video downloader

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"Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message 
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> 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 
>>>>>>>>>> <felix@real_felix.invalid>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/08/2017 11:13 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> found this great video downloader extension for Chrome called
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'Video
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Downloader Pro'. as it says.."Download any video and music 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>>>>> website! Fast, easy, free!". As most ppl here would probably 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaders don't work on the tv station catch up sites, but I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> used it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> last night for a ep on tenplay and it downloaded it in seconds
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I was
>>>>>>>>>>>>> able to watch without adds and FF and RW. it's great! check it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hopefully not this:
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://botcrawl.com/remove-video-downloader-pro/
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-ads-by-video-downloader-pro.html
>>>>>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah the slogan is the same, looks like it is...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> dammit! I thought I was on a good thing. however, it's only a 
>>>>>>>>>>> PUP,
>>>>>>>>>>> so I
>>>>>>>>>>> will keep an eye out for any sus behaviour. and I have good 
>>>>>>>>>>> malware
>>>>>>>>>>> detection, so I will see if it gets flags. or else I can delete 
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> reinstall only if or when I need to get something I can't get 
>>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>> way, then delete it again.
>>>>>>>>>> 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 it were other software that was installed at the same time
> (rather tricky when it can download and install using the web
> browser's own extension management system), removing just the
> Video Downloader Pro extension wouldn't stop the ads. Which,
> according to the links, it does.

That might have been how it once was, but clearly isnt how it is now. 

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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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