If you download a lot of 'freebies' from the web, like I do, then you probably know about all this already, but for the rest of you out there, this should be some required reading that can save you a lot of grief.
Like the man says at the beginning, MajorGeeks has been providing downloads of useful programs for a lot of years, and I've always found them to be very dependable and up-front about the various offerings. If they don't like it, you shouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, and if they approve it, you can take their word that it's OK.
But an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and so you should read what they tell us here about 'bundleware' and 'adware' and third-party programs that come with their own toolbars and other junk that has nothing to do with the operations of the freebie program you want to install and use. And like the article says, we are our own worst enemies a lot of the time for simply not taking time to carefully read the directions while the installation process is happening.
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