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< h1 > CDex< / h1 >
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CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.
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< h2 > Spyware Level: < font color = yellowgreen > Low< / font > < / h2 >
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CDex's installer bundles it with spyware, and it will randomly suggest a spyware program to the user, with a chance to opt-out.
Usually it attempts to bundle itself with the webdiscover browser and one time I got it to try and offer me an antivirus program, but
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I wasn't able to reproduce this. The program was tested on Windows 7 32-bit with Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 and Wireshark 2.6.2.
The version of the program tested was 2.06. < b > < font color = "lime" > It did not make any connections to the internet< / font > < / b > that my
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tests were able to find. To test the program I ripped the audio files out of a CD with both network monitoring programs open.
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< h3 > Bundling with spyware< / h3 >
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CDex attempts to bundle it self with the < a href = "../articles/webdiscover.html" > WebDiscover< / a > web browser. This is an Opt-out and not an Opt-in like it should be.
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This program is spyware, because according to it's privacy policy< sup > < a href = "#1" > [1]< / a > < / sup > , it collects information about it's users.
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< h2 > Sources< / h2 >
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< a href = "https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/" > WebDiscover Privacy Policy< / a >
< a href = "http://web.archive.org/web/20171224213336/https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/" > [web.archive.org]< / a >
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This article was last edited on 7/29/2018
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