The problem is the process is not reversible as there’s no back button, so if you accidentally click accept for one or more adware items, you cannot go backwards and need to close the window from the taskbar or task manager. You don’t necessarily need to download the CNET Installer though as thankfully there is another option available on every download page where the wrapper is used. If you look just below the green download button, there is a “Direct Download Link” option where you can download the software directly from without the CNET installer. Prevent CNET Installer Links From Showing #Cnet download firefox software If you or somebody uses CNET quite often and would like some protection from downloading the CNET Installer by mistake, there is a way to do this if you use Firefox or Chrome via an extension. Firefox has an add-on called Greasemonkey which allows you to run custom users scripts on web pages, Chrome (and Opera) uses a similar extension called Tampermonkey. Install Greasemonkey from the Mozilla website for Firefox, or Install Tampermonkey from the Chrome Web Store.Ģ. Go to the NoBadWare script page at and click the green Install button at the top right. When prompted click Install in your browser to install the script.ģ. Now visit a page on CNET which has the adware Installer enabled on the download button, Nokia PC Suite is one such program that has it. You should now see instead of a separate direct download link, it says “NoBadWare: CNET Installer link replaced with direct download link”.
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