Flashget malware notice..

[gaurav_sood91]

I had downloaded Flashget and during installation, Avast showed that there was a malware and removed it. I could not believe it. Could it be due to corrupt Avast or due to some phishing??Help....

 

[grinning_devil]

what i think is that ur copy is a corrupted one...
try to download it frm its official site rather than someplace else..
just googled it and found a lot of references of ppl having found malwares in flashget installations...

*ithelp.indstate.edu/virus/malware-apps.html
*www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/Flashget_Download_Manager-8436.html

here is the link to remove flashget...
*www.scanspyware.net/info/FlashGet.htm


so to be on the safer side ,

try out this ....
*www.freedownloadmanager.org/

its a wonderfull alternative to flashget,nd i have been using it for a very long time... before this i was using DAP,u can try that also.

 

[mohit]

dude the shareware version of flashget is ad-ware .. its a well known fact and it will get detected as cydoor by almost all good anti spyware products such as ms antispyware n spybot. dont use the shareware version.

guys plz correct me if i am wrong on this.

 

[eddie]

guys plz correct me if i am wrong on this.

You are absolutely correct. Flashget does have bundled ad-ware.

 

[saurabh.sauron]

yeah guys... i too got adware from flashget but i downloaded it from the flashget website. i removed it using avast. but is free download manager better or flashget?

 

[gaurav_sood91]

try to download it frm its official site rather than someplace else..
just googled it and found a lot of references of ppl having found malwares in flashget installations..

I downloaded it from its Official website. There are further problems. In spite of installing the Opera plug-in, it does not open with opera. It is next to useless on my pc.

 

[cybermanas]

Flashget is adware and is detected as malware by Avast!.Just remove the file which Avast! points to.I did just that and after that it is working fine.