Anonymous
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/05/17/smartscreen-174-application-reputation-in-ie9.aspx
Windows 7 Only IE 9
1 out of every 14 programs downloaded is later confirmed as malware.
http://blog.chromium.org/2011/04/protecting-users-from-malicious.html
Google search and browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari to warn users who may attempt to visit these dangerous webpages.
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Hi Hotdog, I've re-worded your thread title slightly because it may have implied to some community members that giveaways from this site came under that category.
For those new to the giveaway project, the giveaway team carry out rigorous tests using several security programs to ensure that all giveaways are free from malware. You may occasionally see someone posting that they think a particular program is infected becasue their security software says it is. This has always turned out to be false positives.
Anonymous
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Thanks Whiterabbit-uk You right most of the GOTD are clean and as you say turned out to be false positives.
I hope They take the links so they under stand it on the WWW, I don't download all like I did not good, by the way do you know some ware I can download the is good & clean ?
Unfortunately he has not responded to Carrotine(TM).
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
HaHa, that is so funny.
Anonymous
Unregistered
GOTD is always completely clean, apart from some of the jokes on the forum, . . . or if WR hasn't washed behind his huge Wabbit ears lately LOL! 
By way of the thread title Microsoft's definition of malware probably (as in does!) include the many various toolbars classed as adware, torrent P2P files, many keygens and such-like most of which is completely harmless! I would guess a HUGE proportion of MS's ratio link to false positives!
From researching free games, a supposedly notorious risk (ROFL!! :)) I doubt that 1 in 10000 downloads might carry any risk, and Google now seems not to list sites that have a known drive-by download risk. If you use AVG link scanner you can also almost entirely avoid any sites that link to malware. Some older games get false flagged as positives too. Comodo/AVG have sometimes listed Gamehouse downloader as malware simply because it accesses the Internet from your computer to download the Gamehouse game! And you can't get more innocuous and innocent than that!
It was riskier previously to search for free games downloads, but with modern firewalls and Windows updates, and good AV programs, any risk is very minimal, and there are many more good (safe!) sites out there these days.
PS has Beta anything to do with beta-carotene as found in carrots sniff sniff ?! Does this mean WR himself is still in Beta? ! 
I wouldn't put it past him :)
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