I know the subject line looks like one of those clever BS thread puns, but I recently downloaded some sound SW - for CD Players and Burners, and some other stuff... titles below from which you can identify the progs...

Artisan_CD-DVD_BURNER3_3_3
AFreeRipper3_12_10
AFreeConverter2_5_23
ArtisanDVD-DivX_Player3_6_3
BitStormCD-DVD_Burner2_20
Clone2_CD-DVD+Burner6_5

and they all mention that they contain "Save" adware.

I obtained them from the same site where I got the latest version of Free Download Manager - are are all misleadingly labelled allegedly as "Freeware" - when they should all be titled "Adware"... The licence setup says that the progs won't work without the adware, and that it regularly spawns ads across the screen obtained from on line.

Does anybody know if (and where) you can get these progs (legally) as real Freeware, and without the adware crap? If not, any suggestions of similar Freeware stuff (Win98 vintage)... or if they are usable
with the ads -I would normally plan to use them all offline anyway...

Robin