IT Home News on March 15, for the CCTV 315 evening report on the download platform high-speed download hidden bundled software installation trap problem, ZOL Zhongguancun Online responded in the Weibo comments: "Tonight's things have added trouble to everyone, we are actively rectifying." After the party aired, we found that the "high-speed download" link in the zhongguancun online software download page had been removed.
According to CCTV Financial Reports, many users may go to some special software websites to download when they want to install software. But often there are more unwanted software, some pop-up ads appear inexplicably, and even the computer becomes somewhat stuck. How did these software and pop-up ads get into our computers?
Reporters in the PC6 download station, Kirito download station, Tengniu network, ZOL software download and other platforms when downloading software have similar problems, they have a green, very conspicuous high-speed download choice, there is a line of small print prompts below: speed up 50%, need to download high-speed downloader.
When the so-called high-speed download is selected, what awaits users is not high-speed, but a bundle trap. In order to bundle more software, Baizhu sets traps for users one more than one hidden. Even if the user cancels all the default checks and closes the downloader, sometimes there will be pop-up ads like psoriasis from time to time in the lower right corner of the computer, if the user habitually clicks on the upper right corner to try to close the ads, it is likely to be secretly and silently install other software.