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ImgBurn - full of OpenCandy and other crap
Carol Haynes:
Really sad to say I won't be recommending ImgBurn any more - my go to app for disk burning.
Just downloaded the latest version and it is full of crap - and even if you take the long install route and deselect everything except ImgBurn it STILL install multiple crapware apps (including the very annoying Conduit SearchProtect).
Very sad development!
(PS that was the download direct from the ImgBurn server so no one else had added the crap)
mouser:
Well that is really sad news if true -- ImgBurn has also been by go-to cd burning app for quite some time. Maybe there is an alternative download or older version still available?
even if you take the long install route and deselect everything except ImgBurn it STILL install multiple crapware apps
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This would be the deal killer for me. If i have to be careful and take extra steps during installation, i can live with that -- and OpenCandy in the installer doesn't bother me -- but if it's true that it installs crapware with no way at all to skip it, that's a deal killer. :(
ewemoa:
I've been using the instructions at:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=583
to end up with portable set ups -- not convenient, but perhaps a work-around?
Carol Haynes:
Its a bugger - really cross about this.
When I was installing I was careful to choose all non-standard settings available but even so Malwarebytes went crazy during and after installation and I then found Conduit Search Protect in my system tray with no way to close it and the uninstaller is nothing like a full uninstall (it failed anyway - probably because of MBAM, but who knows).
I understand ImgBurn want to make some cash so why not charge $10 and make more profit and not piss off long term users!
MilesAhead:
One good thing about http://www.videohelp.com
Even if the author no longer provides a download, videohelp usually still does:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ImgBurn/old-versions#download
It looks like is has Imgburn installers back to 1.0
also this:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/DVD-Decrypter
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