“Hi Folks. I’ve just discovered that C|Net’s Download.Com site has started wrapping their Nmap downloads (as well as other free software like VLC) in a trojan installer which does things like ...

When he discovered that Nmap was being distributed by C|Net’s Download.com site bundled up with a proprietary trojan installer that installed a sketchy toolbar, changed the users’ default search ...

Anti-circumvention is only one part of the DMCA. There's also a lot of rules regarding hosting of content that violates copyright or trademark rights and the ways to get that content taken down. No, ...

Fyodor (Nmap's original author) is an angry man right now. The download.com website has added a wrapper to Nmap and other downloads to install various additional components; the wrapper is also ...

One of the developers of a network exploration and security auditing tool called Nmap is accusing CNET of bundling free software with Trojans and shady toolbars, and serving them on their Download.com ...

Some in the security community are currently ticked, at least disgusted, in regard to the pen-testing Network Mapping tool Nmap after Gordon Lyon, better known as Fyodor, announced on Seclists that ...

For Windows, there is the added benefit that these large download aggregator sites are supposed to scan for malware, so it should be safer for nontechnical users than looking for the original site ...