Is Freemake Video Converter safe?

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First…my apologies if this is in the wrong area of the forums.

I would like to know if Freemake Video Converter is safe or not. I have seen some people saying it is unsafe, and Avast flagged it as being unsafe (I deleted it), but others say it is fine and no need to delete it.

I found FVC VERY useful and am missing it terribly. Is there a safe version of it or some way to make it safe? I read somewhere, sorry can’t recall where and can’t find it now, that it had something about a candy program or file contained inside??? that made it unsafe.

So that is my question, is FVC safe to use? If not safe as it is, is there a way to make it safe without any bits of it that are unsafe returning?

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It does come with a lot of crap (open candy amongst other things) and should be at least considered to be a PUP as avast and Malwarebytes do.

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The program itself is very good. Just avoid the crapp that it attempts to load when you do the install.
Use the custom install and be careful. I suggest that before you install Freemake, you first install Unchecky

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Mine has never given me any trouble. I just scanned with Avast and even Iobit Malware FIghter, both agreed there was no problem.

-JC20032017
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IObit? EEKS !
Never use anything of those thieves.

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+1

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Eh, Iobit hasn’t given me any trouble whatsoever.

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Chinese shady software company https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/

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Off topic. :slight_smile:

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It’s a good program. Just comes with a load of unnecessary stuff as others have said.

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It has been pointed out this topic is about Freemake Video Converter, and is not about anything else.