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Thread: Have the Spybot Anti-Beacon downloads been hijacked?

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    Default Have the Spybot Anti-Beacon downloads been hijacked?

    Hello, all!

    Earlier today, I decided to download Spybot Anti-Beacon on my Windows 10 machine. So, I went to https://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=55 and clicked on the link labeled "SpybotAntiBeacon-1.5-setup.exe" to go download the program. When I did so, I got redirected to a link on app.box.com (https://app.box.com/s/gz4y0slwhb7bx3...55D33EDA510%29), and when I tried to download it, nothing would happen. Looking at the developer console, every time I clicked on the "Download Now" button, an error came up on the console: "Resin: Application not found".

    After this, I decided to see if I could download the previous version below it, 1.4. So I clicked on that link, and lo and behold, I was able to download it. Getting annoyed with this problem, I decided to see where the links where going. Looking at the download link for version 1.4 of the application, I saw that it took me to a page on dl.dropbox.com (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...3C4CBCF5ECC0A)), not to app.box.com. So, I replaced the "1.4" in the second link with "1.5", and I was able to download version 1.5 of Spybot Anti-Beacon.

    As such, I have one question: is the download link for version 1.5 of Spybot Anti-Beacon as presented on the download page the correct download link?

    Thanks in advance!

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    Same problem, thought maybe it was just my own browser being hijacked. Wouldn't be surprised if appbox is a Microsoft subsidiary haha
    Last edited by Laughmore; 2016-01-16 at 13:36.

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    From what I am seeing, the version 1.5 link is still taking me to the Box page.

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    Lightbulb 1.5 Spybot Anti-Beacon down load broken

    I just want to say I have the same problem with the down load of the 1.5 Spybot Anti-Beacon and hoping that it will be fixed soon as I would like to test it out on a windows 10 pc.

    Today is Jan 16 2016 21:45 MST
    Cheers
    Last edited by TreeN; 2016-01-17 at 05:44. Reason: misspelling

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