Just stumbled on this. Read the Geek page. Went to check Download.com with my trusty Firefox+NoScript+uBlock Origin. Unblocked cnet domain and Download.com obvious domains. Got a working page without hassle.
Tried downloading CCleaner - download button does not work. Checked what else to unblock in NoScript : waaayyyy to much stuff there for me to risk it.
Conclusion : Download.com may have removed the installer, but it's still a crapshoot where security is concerned.
Not taking Cnet off my bad list yet.
I've got nothing to hide, and I demand that you justify what right you have to ask.
Thanks for sharing your post-article results, pmonett. I hadn't tried it yet, myself. I so wish we could absolutely trust it. It used to be so easy to tell people, "just go to download.com..."
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57
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