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BachOn · May 4, 2014

I tried to download memtest this afternoon. Wanted to test out some DDR3 sticks. Went to the site that seems to be the authoritative place. Tried to download. Instead of getting the memtest software, they sent me some download management package that added four or five programs I didn't want. And it didn't even include memtest. It changed my startup page, and screwed up my browser connections. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Back in the dark ages when I wanted such software I would go to Tucows. It used to be reliable, virus and malware free. No more.

Can somebody recommend some decent place I can go to get shareware and freeware, such as memtest? I've just spent the last two hours trying to undo the damage this #@^% download did to my laptop.

I propose the death penalty for all purveyors of virus malware packages. And it should be by being kicked to death by all who have had their computers messed up.

BachOn

caddi daddi · May 4, 2014

majorgeeks tends to be clean.

the memtest site, http://www.memtest.org/

EarthDog · May 4, 2014

Make sure you click on the right thing...

...or go to the actual website for the software... works every time.

LOL @ signature...

BachOn · May 4, 2014

Major Geeks is where I tried to get it from.

Bah!!!

BO

Bobnova · May 4, 2014

Linux isos tend to have it built in. That's what I use.

Silver_Pharaoh · May 4, 2014

So what's wrong with http://www.memtest.org/????
No crapware there

caddi daddi · May 4, 2014

I just downloaded it from majorgeeks, it's clean.

did you use a mirror from the top center of the page?

Silver_Pharaoh · May 4, 2014

caddi daddi said:
I just downloaded it from majorgeeks, it's clean.

did you use a mirror from the top center of the page?

Oh hey you found it!
The winders version of memtest!
Got the linky for that?

caddi daddi · May 4, 2014

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/memtest.html

Silver_Pharaoh · May 4, 2014

caddi daddi said:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/memtest.html

Sweet Thanks!

/Thread jack

caddi daddi · May 4, 2014

is yours clean?

BachOn · May 4, 2014

I'm using Firefox on an old Windows XP machine. I did a Google search and was taken here.

http://www.memtest.org/

On the right there are two download buttons. I pressed the top one. And I got stuff I did not want. And I did NOT get memtest.

Perhaps I did something wrong at my end. But this should not be overly complex.

BO

BachOn · May 4, 2014

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/memtest.html

This is not the page I got before. It seems to be what I was looking for.

Thank you.

But my point still stands. The task of finding shareware and freeware in an easy to download version is more challenging.

BO

Silver_Pharaoh · May 4, 2014

BachOn said:
I'm using Firefox on an old Windows XP machine. I did a Google search and was taken here.

http://www.memtest.org/

On the right there are two download buttons. I pressed the top one. And I got stuff I did not want. And I did NOT get memtest.

Perhaps I did something wrong at my end. But this should not be overly complex.

BO

I see no buttons on the right UNTIL I turned off ad blocker

You clicked on a dumb ad

Memtest.org will have USB bootable images if you need those

Automata · May 4, 2014

BachOn said:
I'm using Firefox on an old Windows XP machine. I did a Google search and was taken here.

http://www.memtest.org/

On the right there are two download buttons. I pressed the top one. And I got stuff I did not want. And I did NOT get memtest.

Perhaps I did something wrong at my end. But this should not be overly complex.

BO

Those are advertisements and are exactly why you got unwanted software. That is the correct web page to get the program from.

BachOn · May 5, 2014

OK. I downloaded an ad, not the software I wanted.

BO

EarthDog · May 5, 2014

Exactly. Websites get a bit tricky on trying to get one to click on their advertising.

Paying more critical attention to where the actual DL is should help you moving forward.

Silver_Pharaoh · May 5, 2014

caddi daddi said:
is yours clean?

Didn't see your post...
Yep, your link is clean :thup:

No issue with the download.

caddi daddi · May 5, 2014

we have seen a lot more of this the last few years, ad link looking just like the download link we want.
we also have to understand there is a cost to "free" software, it's a matter of who pays for it and how.

Automata · May 5, 2014

Or you could install adblocking software and forgo the issue entirely.

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