Download this we guarantee its spy-ware free

@apples99 (6556)
United States
March 21, 2009 2:13pm CST
Are you skeptical of downloading things to your computer like toolbars or games that need you to download active x to your computer, well I'm always extremely skeptical when it comes to downloading anything new to my computer, because its kind of a gamble because of course you risk downloading a possible virus or something that may completely crash your computer even if whatever your downloading says its spy-ware free that could be a total lie, of course sometimes we have no choice but to take a risk, because almost everything interesting on the web requires you to download this or that, and Iv downloaded a few games and music jukeboxes, and toolbars, but most of the time I think twice before downloading anything to my computer. What about you are you a skeptic too, do you feel unsure when it comes to downloading anything to your PC?
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@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
29 Mar 09
Hi, I have seen almost every site that tells you do download a program or something similar say this. I just hate it, because you almost all the time think that they just say that, but in actual fact it is filled to the brim with viruses. Just as you said, it really is a kind of a gamble because of course, you risk downloading a possible virus or something that may completely crash your computer even if whatever your downloading says its spy-ware free. It could really be a total lie, and I am really skeptical. Their is one main reason to why I am so skeptical, one time I had to download something from download.com that 'guaranteed' that it was virus and spyware free. Then when I downloaded it and installed it, it was fetching me worms and viruses from the Internet. I was furious, I uninstalled it and quickly scanned my whole computer. Happy Lotting everyone!
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
22 Mar 09
Yes I am very wary. A couple of years ago I downloaded something from a site which was being heavily promoted at the time and was going to make everyone rich and everyone seemed to be of the opinion that it would be as it said so I downloaded it. The site was Agloco. Two days later my computer crashed and the hard disk was ruined. Once I got it repaired and was back online I read that the very same thing had happened to hundreds of others who had downloaded the same thing The site packed up within a year or so. One big scam which cost me money rather than earningme any and from then onwards I am very, very wary before downloading anything else.
@anjel016 (329)
• Philippines
21 Mar 09
I download anything that interests me. Although, precautions is a must. Anyway, I just download them without any hesitations. When the downloads are finished, I just scan them thoroughly even before opening them. Well, my anti-virus program is quite sensitive and even most of the time overreacts that even a generic trojan, it'll treat it like a threat.
• Indonesia
21 Mar 09
i'm must be careful to download anything for my computer.. cause i have experience .. download application..without see the detail or the author of that... than i use that application... that make my computer crash.. T_T... Be careful..