Getsoftfree.com

Getsoftfree.com is a fraudulent site that installs adware disguised as a 'Download Manager,' in a strategy all but identical to that of a similar website, Updatersoft.com. Although this software currently is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program, the fact that it has no advantages to your PC, along with Getsoftfree.com's misleading promotional methods, causes malware researchers to recommend removing it from your PC. Any unusual problems with doing so may be resolvable with the help of strong anti-malware products, particularly ones that are updated to identify recent PC threats like Getsoftfree.com's payload.

The Free Software You Shouldn't be Downloading

Getsoftfree.com is a domain most likely linked to related movie or file-downloading websites, with a misleading tactic almost as old as the Internet: a fraudulent product that claims to provide enhanced download speeds, but actually is a completely separate kind of application. Malware experts identified Getsoftfree.com's so-called Download Manager as a variant of the AirInstaller.

Getsoftfree.com's AirInstaller is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program due to its lack of deliberate attacks against any affected systems. However, installing software from Getsoftfree.com may submit your PC to the whims of other PUPs, including pop-up-producing adware, homepage hijackers and unwanted toolbars, none of which provide any substantial benefits to counteract their many drawbacks. Most forms of these types of PUPs include several security issues, due to which malware researchers tend to suggest that you uninstall them as soon as convenient.

Getting out of a Getsoftfree.com Problem

Getsoftfree.com is a perfect showcase of how criminals are happy to use misleading information, instead of sophisticated exploits, when distributing unwanted or threatening software. There also is some significant variability in the other unwanted software that's installed by the AirInstaller, and malware researchers are unable to provide a perfect prediction of all the security issues that may result from its installation.

Installing Getsoftfree.com's faux Download Manager or seeing repeated pop-ups for Getsoftfree.com both are strong cases for using a good anti-malware program to analyze your PC. However, as a happy ending, of sorts, to Getsoftfree.com's unpleasant biography, malware researchers are glad to inform all readers that Getsoftfree.com does not, at this time, use exploits to install its payloads automatically. Consequentially, any PC users who are attentive enough to ignore Getsoftfree.com's download requests should be in little to no danger from Getsoftfree.com.