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There are still lot of Google ads on download sites that are extremely misleading and look like download buttons. http://blog.malwarebytes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ad8....

As I wrote in another comment, even YCombinator invested in a bundleware company and PG defended it, so I guess the problem is deep rooted.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9283176



A good illustration of how difficult it can be to download software if you're not well trained to spot ads: https://i.imgur.com/0vPdDYU.png




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