FileHippo provides a simplest method of downloading the newest versions of the best software - without the usual excessive popups or spyware and without the low quality software.
• Top negative commentover 7 years ago • 0 replies
In the past, FileHippo.com had been a trusted source for clean downloads of hand-picked software. Well, that's over now!
Sadly, they recently joined the trashnet of sites wrapping downloads in adware installers. Called "Download Manager" on their site, it is a wrapper you get instead of the software you actually wanted.
Not all downloads come with the installer yet, but several popular programs do at the time of this writing:
VLC Media Player
BitTorrent
Winamp
Blender
WinSCP
CPU-Z
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Here is a shot of the FileHippo.com site offering the download manager with VLC Media Player:
When run, the wrapper will suggest the installation of third party software before downloading the desired application:
Be aware of this when downloading things from FileHippo.com! Be careful what you download and read everything carefully before clicking through the installer dialogs!
One more good site going down the drain...
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• Negative comment • almost 5 years ago • 0 replies
used to be good apps but not anymore with adware
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johnpatric506
Comment • about 7 years ago • 0 replies
Hello to all, I found this many days before & think to share this with you all. I found a very good alternative of FileHippo.com
It Update more faster than FileHippo
FileHippo does not regularly update screenshots of the softwares but FileHorse does.
FileHorse provide both Windows & Mac softwares.
It give you the link of most famous online services like Open DNS, Online Scanners, Image Editor.
In the past, FileHippo.com had been a trusted source for clean downloads of hand-picked software. Well, that's over now!
Sadly, they recently joined the trashnet of sites wrapping downloads in adware installers. Called "Download Manager" on their site, it is a wrapper you get instead of the software you actually wanted.
Not all downloads come with the installer yet, but several popular programs do at the time of this writing:
Here is a shot of the FileHippo.com site offering the download manager with VLC Media Player:
When run, the wrapper will suggest the installation of third party software before downloading the desired application:
Be aware of this when downloading things from FileHippo.com! Be careful what you download and read everything carefully before clicking through the installer dialogs!
One more good site going down the drain...
used to be good apps but not anymore with adware
Hello to all, I found this many days before & think to share this with you all. I found a very good alternative of FileHippo.com