Replies

b wrote:

Your 7,767-word privacy policy

It was about 10% of the current size, until I was forced to blow it up like that as new laws became effective (GDPR).

b wrote:

at https://heidoc.net/joomla/about-us/63-privacy-policy has a section 16 about Windows ISO Downloader, but it doesn’t mention anything about using my computer’s idle resources or any other monetization methods (except video advertising).

Idle resource sharing has been replaced with the video ads. No need to include even more stuff in the privacy policy that’s not even there any longer.

b wrote:

That’s where I’m taken on clicking the privacy policy link inside your Windows ISO Downloader installer. Nothing at the FAQ link either. So where should I look for all these explanations in detail?

You can look up previous versions of the privacy policy and the FAQ on archive.org.

Elly wrote:

All of these are recommendations, or show that there is no malware found when downloaded from HeiDoc.net. Its good to have your rebuttal, as well, for it summarizes what others in this thread had already said, just in case it wasn’t clear.

Yes, I saw most of these recommendations, and should have noted them in my post. My bad. Thanks for pointing them out, and collecting them all in one place.

Elly wrote:

It can be difficult to have a good and helpful product criticized, but only one person, who did not download from Heidoc.com, had a negative experience.

Sadly, it’s more than one person. It’s only one person here on this forum, but I’ve seen it many times. Someone who searches Google for questions like “does HeiDoc mine bitcoin” inevitably find threads like this one, find their opinion confirmed, and that’s how rumours spread.

Elly wrote:

Thank you for your helpful resource… and for addressing the concerns of the one person who did have a bad experience. Hopefully you are receiving enough donations or monetization to allow this really valuable resource to continue to exist.

You’re very welcome. It’s not in danger of being shut down at all.

2 users thanked author for this post.

Elly, woody

I accidentally stumbled across this thread with these weird and ridiculous accusations against me / my software. For reasons that don’t really need to be discussed here, the software had to be monetized. All monetization methods have been explained in detail in my privacy policy, including the resource sharing.

GoneToPlaid wrote:

DO NOT DOWNLOAD the Windows ISO Downloader.exe!!! HERE IS WHY: 1. First, Heidoc.net performs the download by installing a downloader tool. You probably do NOT want this downloader tool installed on your computer since you have no idea what this downloader tool actually does!

That’s incorrect. The tool leverages the download tool that’s integrated in MSIE, which is preinstalled on every Windows system.

GoneToPlaid wrote:

2. Second, the Windows ISO Downloader.exe! (which is available from other online sources), installs digital coin mining software on your computer!

That’s a lie that has been spread in other places before. Hackers did crack and rebrand the tool under names like “Microsoft ISO Downloader Pro” and do provide it for download in various locations. I don’t know if these fake tools include mining components or not.

So I paid hundreds of dollars for a code signing certificate, so that the genuine ISO downloader can be easily distinguished from all the fake ones.

But frankly, if you download that hacked stuff, and then blame me for getting infected, that’s like accepting Disney Dollars for a sale, and then blaming the Federal Reserve Bank for not having received real cash.

GoneToPlaid wrote:

Oh, and by the way, the Windows ISO Downloader.exe file passes with flying colors in VirusTotal. This is because its nasty stuff is actually embedded within a 3.57MB TEXT file. I can think of ANOTHER program which was recently talked about on this forum, for which I told Woody to delete all of my posts with regards to this other program. To Satrow, when I say something, it is because I know what I am talking about.

False. It passes VirusTotal because it contains no malware. Do you really think all the experts with all the major anti virus software providers, to all of which VirusTotal connects to reach a verdict, don’t know how to do their job and detect an alleged malware component in a file that’s been downloaded 20 million times???

YOU do obviously NOT know what you’re talking about, and blame others and write defamatory posts because YOU have not been careful, got your computer somehow infected, and don’t accept that that’s exclusively YOUR own responsibility.

The ISO downloader is a tool that I made to help people, and not to harm them, nor as a cash cow, although it needs to be sustainable and the operating cost be covered.

Edit to remove HTML. Please use the “Text” tab in the entry box when you copy/paste.

4 users thanked author for this post.

Elly, woody, Lugh, Rick Corbett