{"id":1130,"date":"2019-01-21T07:50:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2019-03-14T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:23:55","slug":"why-free-online-software-should-be-avoided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/why-free-online-software-should-be-avoided\/1130\/","title":{"rendered":"Why free online Software should be avoided?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Free online Software is undoubtedly the easiest to use with several handy features. However, the software might be free, but it might cost you a fortune later! Not only you give away the complete access of your device but also have an open window to Virus Attacks\/Malware etc. Don\u2019t you remember the Download button which pops suddenly when you visit a random site, which frankly is nothing but malware in disguise?<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, Free online software download can be dangerous and we tell you much more than Why?<\/h3>\n

The user firstly tends to welcome Adware<\/a>, which is nothing but a malware that forces unintended advertising upon the victim and also is a popular addition to free download. This can be done in several ways. It can create unwanted pop-up advertising. Many times, these unwanted pop-ups are for offensive Web sites, such as pornography, or they may be in the form of scareware.<\/p>\n

Scareware<\/a>\u00a0is false advertisements that claim that a computer has a virus or other infection, and then defrauds the victim by either selling them software that doesn\u2019t work or leads them to download more malware onto their computer.<\/p>\n

Secondly, Threats get free entry. Threats such as rootkits, bots, keyloggers, hackers, phishing scams, and infected Web sites<\/strong> breeze right past most free online software. These threats can pose an even bigger danger than viruses. They can lead to a hard drive crash, system failure or even identity theft.<\/p>\n

Not to miss the Cybercriminals prefer the path of least resistance. Target is the poster child of a major network attack through third-party entry points. This way your personal data can be on the threat. Your financial credentials can be stolen if the software links to your bank account.<\/p>\n

If you are skeptical of investing, you can try before you buy a piece of software. 14 \u2013 30 days is a substantial amount of time of trial versions of reputed paid online software. Stay Safe!<\/p>\n

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This guest post is contributed by Mr. Zakir Hussain, Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free online Software is undoubtedly the easiest to use with several handy features. However, the software might be…\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,176],"tags":[331,109,327,329,328,333,330,332],"class_list":{"0":"post-1130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials","8":"category-technology","9":"tag-adware","10":"tag-antivirus","11":"tag-free-software","12":"tag-hackers","13":"tag-keyloggers","14":"tag-malware","15":"tag-phishing","16":"tag-scareware","17":"cs-entry","18":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igadgetsworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}