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<h1>CDex</h1>
<p>CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Low</span></h2>
<p>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 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><span class="lime">It did not make any connections to the internet</span></b> that my tests were able to find. To test the program I ripped the audio files out of a CD with both network monitoring programs open.</p>
<h3>Bundling with spyware</h3>
<p>CDex attempts to bundle itself 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. This program is spyware, because according to its privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, it collects information about its users.</p>
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<li id="s1"><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> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Jyrbg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
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<b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
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