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Malware
It looks as though one of their products Beat is bundled with malware. I personally got 3 separate malicious packages installed when I installed it. Many other users have had the same problem (links below) I would like to add an entry to relay the information, but an Über-wikipedian won't let me edit the page.
- http://download.cnet.com/Blinkx-Beat/3000-2257_4-10880018.html
- http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080923231734AAGvH2y
- http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic179461.html
- http://www.supportspace.com/support/solution/BlinkX_screensaver_makes_itself_default._5785543
- http://www.malwareremoval.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=40964
If anyone else has better, more definitive or authoritative links please edit the page to alert unsuspecting surfers as to the pitfalls with installing their software.
Geordie1977 (talk) 04:22, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- I agree, the structure of WP is more and more diving into some good old hierarchy of grumpy mini-fuhrers, defeating the idea of a community based encyclopedia entirely. Blinkx is very clearly associated with malware/adware/fishy script and that should be allowed to be mentioned, otherwise it looks as though the aforementioned structure is not any longer independent (meanwhile also a known fact that should be mentioned in the WP article about WP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.171.19.208 (talk) 23:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
I arrived here looking for information on their suspicious PC program; this article presents Blinkx as a very legitimate company. There ought to at least be a section noting their malicious software practices. bendodge (talk) 12:43, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
- If you care to add one, here's an instructive reference: http://www.benedelman.org/news/012814-1.html Maproom (talk) 14:22, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
- @Maproom: Thanks; I did some reading on it and wrote a short summary. Seems there's been quite a battle between Edelman and Zango, and now blinkx. bendodge (talk) 00:32, 28 March 2015 (UTC)