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I could easily list dozens of editorial reviews which paint notoriously bad software in a favorable light, and even more download listings for disreputable software – and this is on top of ’s own adware wrapper. The main problem with is – it is part of large revenue orientated corporate structure where profits tend to outweigh considerations of impartiality and user safety. Here’s the thing these warnings do actually bear repeating because, it appears, too many users are still habitually downloading their software from untrustworthy sources such as.

62% of the Top 50 applications bundle toolbars and other PUPS.

Mind the PUP: Top download portals to avoid.

Among those coming ‘late to the party’ is the well known and well regarded security software vendor Emsisoft, with two recent blog publications: Now, some 4 years after DCT first brought this matter to notice, it seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. I was prompted for that info and I chose the path that did not require it.DCT first reported on the dangers of downloading from the popular way back in 2011 ( Beware downloading from CNET ), and we’ve continued issuing plenty of warnings since. Where is this folder or file located on a system using Windows XP Pro?īTW, I did not sign up for any kind of account online when I installed WLM. Does WLM use a folder that contains a file for each addressee or does it use one file to hold all addresses?Ģ. There are about 120 names and addresses in this address list so there has to be a folder or file somewhere.ġ. I used the WLM built-in mechanism to move the messages into a place I wanted them so they will be backed up easily and that worked fine and it did not move the contacts to the new location.

None of the other items in that search result seem to be related in any way to WLM. One of them is C:Program FilesWindows LiveContacts but that folder does not seem to contain any contact info! It contains six *.dll files and wlcomm.exe (or a name similar to that). I have searched for “contacts” on the C: drive and about 15 items were found. I can change the names and addresses in WLM contacts and now I want to find the actual file or folder so I can copy it as part of my regular backup. I learned that the address book is called Contacts in Windows Live Mail (WLM) in another thread but I’m going to start a new thread for this.