Firefox has an extension called "Better Privacy 1.67" which removes all LSO's when closing the browser and notifies how many it found. So, a great work around for when I use Firefox. It removes 'em and screw the trackers.

To it I added "Adblock Plus" and "Track me not".

C-ya|net indeed, Wiz. 

One of the many reasons I like downloading from the dev's website and not other places. Using Comodo-Dragon rounds out the picture. It connects through Comodo's secure proxy (when using Comodo only, or all browsers if that option is chosen).

The real big problem is when people download something, the bloatware will be "blamed" on the app they installed and probably not the people really responsible.

If  Download .com is doing this with SD software, maybe they should not be a distributor . 

We're looking into it.

Jeez...and I thought cnet immune to such nonsense. Oh wqell

Sometimes better here..

http://snapfiles.com/

remember when stylexp idiots site started doing shit like this? Hell, they would have failed on their own soon enough but this really sped up the demise.

Ahhh the great memories . That was a true cause for celebration.

Just D/L'd & fired up Comodo Dragon, surfed here & got this:

And so should you.... what they're doing is abominable.

Yup, it was when I began looking elsewhere for themes... hence new customization software because theirs went guts up a theme with that wrapping crap was applied.

That's how I ended up here....

.... and the place hasn't been the same since.

I know for a fact that they're keeping an eye on user's and developers reactions, and I think it's slowly sinking in that they've made a huge mistake with this one (nobody is above it, although they should have known better in the first place)... lets see how it turns out.

Try freewarefiles.com. It's simple and well-organized, has nothing but freeware, no extras, tests every file, and warns you if the author has bundled a toolbar with their program. Microsoft uploads their freeware there, for instance, as well as nirsoft and all the major anti-virus companies.

http://www.freewarefiles.com/

The owner of TGTSoft and StyleXP never packaged his products with bloatware or anything else like that Phoon. The people who purchased the ThemeXP web site from him started the packaging (which was his site similar to WC for supporting his product line).  Unfortunately, it is still being done even today. 

John, thanks for giving a perfect example of ethical conduct by a software distribution website. 

Mores the pity that c|net chose to behave differently.

I say c ya c-net.  I went there to upgrade my browser, and was given the option of a bundle, or nada.  i did not look very hard for opt out thnigys.  I saw the  bundle and said, woah... if its a bundle, I don't want it.

I wasn't aware that somebody else was doing this bundling thing on ThemeXP... still, it was a pain in the bum and there were some packaged themes which crashed StyleXP and sometimes brought the whole system down... eg, BSOD.  I know it wasn't the proogie itself as I'd used it without issue, but new themes were always going to be an issue and that's why I ended up with ODNT [before TGTSoft went guts up] to take away the Fisher Price look of XP.  Eeeew, that was awful... given what WB can do.

BTW, Tom, I had most of your MSStyles until just recently.... no point keeping them now the proggie is dead, though I did convert them [for personal use] using Skinstudio.  However, I see that you have been updating them to WB's yourself and, as you do, I've deleted them because your WB's are obviously gonna be superior to my feeble attempt at conversion.  Keep up the good work. matey. you've done some real pearlers.