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Originally Posted by JSWolf
When I previously installed FFS, I did not get hit with Trovi nor this optimizer that you have to install.
I just had a look at the two different install files for FFS 6.12 and they are different sizes. The one I downloaded today is larger then the one I downloaded December 1, 2014. So they did ad this crapware to the installer. That means that if there is a new version, it'll install crap. It's time to find a different program since FFS is now off the list.
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I have just downloaded a copy of FFS 6.12 (as you say in your post, the file size has increased) and installed it.
The "add-on's" are very clearly offered as opt ins and they are offered in a clear window dedicated entirely to them with no confusion as to what one is accepting, one just has to un-tick the check box.
While, like most, I do not like opt-ins of these types being offered, I do accept that it is one acceptable way for developers of free applications or sites that provide free hosting for the downloads to help cover costs; that as long as they are very clearly offered as opt in, as the FreeFileSync ones are.
I downloaded from FreeFileSync's own site, if one downloads from SourceForge, or elsewhere one's experience may be entirely different. And note, for the sake of good order, that I am not pushing FFS as being anyone's "best" choice, there are alternatives; it is just the one I am most familiar with.