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FileHippo

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Explore FileHippo for the latest high-quality software downloads, ensuring no popups or spyware interfere. With a streamlined user experience, discover and update apps across various categories securely. Enjoy free, reliable software updates with an intuitive interface.

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  • Free • Proprietary

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  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

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  • Online  It shows Windows and Mac software.
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2.2 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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  2.  Download old versions
  3.  Software Download
  4.  App Discovery
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FileHippo information

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  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.2

  • Alternatives

    80 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about FileHippo, and it has gotten 298 likes

FileHippo was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo_Venom on Aug 23, 2010 and this page was last updated Apr 25, 2025.

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robroy
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•Oct 19, 2014
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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
  • ...

Here is a shot of the FileHippo.com site offering the download manager with VLC Media Player:

VLC is now "Download Manager Enabled" on FileHippo.com

When run, the wrapper will suggest the installation of third party software before downloading the desired application:

FileHippo.com offering the installation of RegClean Pro

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...

mrcyodev
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•Nov 8, 2023
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I was trying too many times to download but all of it is viruses. I don't recommend using this Site

nikolajaleksandrov8
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•Jun 7, 2023
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Shoji
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•Feb 17, 2017
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used to be good apps but not anymore with adware

johnpatric506
•Dec 24, 2014
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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.

What is FileHippo?

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.

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