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Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps

posted by takyon on Saturday June 06 2015, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the verified-links dept.

penguinoid writes:

These days there are so many apps infested with spyware or adware, and it almost seems as if the stores themselves are promoting them in exchange for a cut. And some apps that start off clean get "updated" to include ads and spying. How do you find free apps that aren't infested?

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  • (Score: 2) by Common Joe on Sunday June 07 2015, @04:00PM

    by Common Joe (33) <common.joe.0101NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Sunday June 07 2015, @04:00PM (#193278) Journal

    There's a website www.portableapps.com [portableapps.com] which caters to people who want portable apps (i.e., no installation required) on Windows. Most software there is "free" and there are a lot of interesting things on there. (I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with the portable versions of Firefox and LibreOffice, as I find they aren't 100% portable but the majority of programs I find there seem to be.)

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 09 2015, @11:38PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday June 09 2015, @11:38PM (#194302) Journal

    I realize that the original post is geared towards Phone Apps / Stores, but it can also be a pain to find good/safe windows installers. Other than going to the homepage for each application, there are at least a couple of sites that I find to be trustworthy. I have had good experience with http://www.portableapps.com/ [portableapps.com] and http://www.filehippo.com/ [filehippo.com]. Filehippo still has some advertisements and stuff on their pages, but I haven't found a single installer that's been untrustworthy.

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