With Softonic we need to be careful, very careful and to be fair any other sites offering software!!
There is a couple of sites imitating Softonic offering ‘Dodgy’ downloads, I have come across two sites around February, I reported this to Softonic Admin and they confirmed they were fake, their admin said they would contact their ISP and put a complaint in and have them shut down…
if this has been done I know not, you need to check the URL and the links to be on the safe side.
I can’t say if the files these two ‘dodgy’ sites offered were virus or malware ridden (you can bet), but some was surely 'cracked, I nearly fell for it, their pages was so convincing, the only give away was the links.
Do check the URL and links first!
Dave