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Under “Choose Version” make sure you select “Latest”.As mentioned earlier, I recommend the AdoptOpenJDK variant so just follow these steps:
#JDOWNLOADER 2 ADWARE FREE INSTALL#
If instead it produces an error message along the lines of “java is not recognized as an internal or external command” then you know that you don’t have Java and you’ll need to install it. If Java is already installed then the version should be returned, like this: This shows that Java is installed, along with the version information On Windows, just launch a command prompt and type the command “java -version” (without quotes). I’ve decided to use AdoptOpenJDK so that’s what I’ll use in this example.Īs JDownloader requires Java, you’ll need to check that you have it installed on your computer. A lot of people have made the switch from Oracle Java to an open-source version of Java, myself included. Oracle recently announced that they’re changing their licence model too, effectively moving it away from being free. Old versions of Java are notorious as posing security threats due to their numerous vulnerabilities. For security reasons, you should always make sure you’re running the latest version of Java available for your platform.
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Where you can download the safe/clean version of JDownloaderįirstly, as JDownloader is written in Java you’ll want to make sure you have a suitable “JRE”, or Java Runtime Environment installed on your system. Fortunately for us, JDownloader is a Java program so we can just download the “.jar” version and run it without installing.
#JDOWNLOADER 2 ADWARE FREE SOFTWARE#
Some Anti-Virus software also flags JDownloader itself as being a “potentially unwanted program”. For a few years now, that official installer has contained adware and is sometimes flagged by Anti-Virus software for this reason. If you download JDownloader from a dubious source then, of course, you risk your computer becoming infected with a virus. You need to be very careful about where you download the software from. The good news is that JDownloader is safe to use, however, there are a few caveats that I must point out. I searched around the Web and posted on datahoarder forums asking if JDownloader was dangerous and I got a mixed response, so decided I would investigate for myself. In fact, this is exactly what happened to me and it made me worry that the software could be harmful to my computer.
I did try installing it whilst disconnected from the internet but the installation just hung so I've wiped all traces of it from my laptop and will try IDM instead.If you’ve ever tried to download or install JDownloader (aka JDownloader2), you may have been surprised to find that either the download was blocked by your Web browser, or that the installation file was quarantined by your Anti-Virus software.
So, even though I was using the old installation software which I'd not had a problem with previously, it was sending out to the JD website to download 'something else'. Thought I'd be clever and use the installer exe file that I still had on my old laptop from a couple of years ago which Norton said was completely safe.īUT.I immediately got a Norton warning that it had blocked JD from trying to install a Trojan, and that there had been' suspicious outgoing traffic'. Reloaded all software one-by-one until it became obvious that JD was the problem. Tried everything to get rid of it - in the end, I did a factory reset on my laptop. Got a new laptop, carefully loaded latest version of JD and it introduced malware ('Search Know Ads', and kept switching my homepage to Yahoo). I've used JDownloader for years without a problem. Just loading an older version didn't work for me.
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