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Watching the Slow Death of a Great Program - Cheat Engine

 
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Ymeoru
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:14 pm    Post subject: Watching the Slow Death of a Great Program - Cheat Engine Reply with quote

I decided to download Cheat Engine again after not using it for several years. The installer was full of adware. Ordinarily, not much of a problem. Although its sad to see great programmers tie their programs to junk that will trash their fans computers, usually the software is so cool is almost worth the time and effort to clean off the nasties. But, Cheat Engine has gotten so bad, you literally can't install the software without agreeing to accept SOMETHING. But, to make matters worse, I actually had it install the adware AND IT STILL DIDN'T INSTALL CHEAT ENGINE.

IF YOU NEED THE MONEY THIS BAD, JUST SELL IT. You'd make more money. And, perhaps the bottom feeders that spawn this adware would go away, too. Because, trust me. If their software was good. They would be selling it. That's the sad part about it. I really wanted your program. Their stuff sucks. And, I know we like to pretend its just adware. It really is malware. If, in order to use an installer, you have to get the junk too...that's just malware. As professionals, we don't force users to get something bad, to use our stuff. It's like a return to the 70s. Now, we're supposed to care about making the lives of users easier.

How much do you think Cheat Engine is worth? Just sell it. Put a %&$# price on it...and call it a day.

PS. This is a particularly nasty piece of malware. Search Protect.

It tries to be uninstallable from even the Control Panel. Shame on you, Cheat Engine. Shame on you. My how the mighty have fallen.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. It's open source, so you can compile it yourself.

2. You can get CE without the installer from the download page:

http://www.cheatengine.org/downloads.php

3. You are not forced to install any junk, you should have an option to skip all of them. If not, report it to DB with details and he will sort it out with the advertiser. Additional rule is that every junk should be uninstalled properly with it's uninstaller.

4. If you didn't manage to install CE, your AV has probably blocked it.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how big was the downloaded file ?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can confirm that certain AVs are balls-to-the-walls paranoid (or possibly getting bribed but that's another story) and will try to block CE-based things and this could include the installer.

I agree that the ads can be a little over the line, but the way it works is that CE doesn't actively pick and manually bundle these installers, it's a service that does it and they don't always choose the nicest ones or ones that follow the rules (which is why it's important to include details so they can be reported to be removed).

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to not be so hasty, and read everything before just clicking next next next, etc... I managed to get through it just fine WITHOUT installing anything extra besides CE itself.

When you get here, you have to select "Custom Install" and then also uncheck the box for whatever it's trying to get you to install.


Then I wouldn't trust the skip button here, select "I do not agree" and next for any further optional installs.



After that, done! CE Installed and nothing else Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not always the same offer. It depends on region and even for the same region, it's not always the same. But all of them should have some option to skip the junk.
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