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Originally Posted by fahlyn
I disagree. Freeware and Shareware is USUALLY full of Adware which is why it can be free. Adware = bad. ANY software can have bugs which could include back doors...but viruses...actual malicious code isn't going to be in purchased software intentionally. Adware, I don't trust and as far as I'm concerned might as well be a virus.
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I didn't say freeware. I said free as in speech, free and open source software. You cannot hide a virus when you release the source code for the application.
Freeware and shareware are entirely different things. They tend to be shoddily made programs and do indeed tend to hide a lot of malware.