Mark Edwards, not if you read GiveawayoftheDay's terms; updating usually turns its offered programs into trial versions. Update at your own risk.

Bo Dirigo,
I while back I posted a comment about this very thing and GOTD explained that the .gcd file is an anti-piracy file that prevents the software from being installed outside the give away period. However, most AVs and anti-malware programs see this as a potential threat simply because they do not recognize the file type (i.e. false positive). There are a couple of ways to get round this. You can disable your protection software for the duration of the download and install and then re-enable them once done or you can boot up in safe mode with network connection option enabled and download and install, then reboot in normal mode again. It goes without saying both methods carry a small risk of infection from other sources, but running a virus scan afterwords should catch any nasties that found their way on to your system. Hope this helps.

Mal, I had an older version of WiseCare365 (running on an XP machine I use--for other programs on it), and, it still...worked FINE! Though I was HAPPY when the newest version arrived, of course. Using this updated version (didn't test the older "for comparison") it removes almost...ALL that CCleaner does (well), and, Kerish Doctor does (well, also)!! So...? I dunno--but, that I'd KEEP THAT Wise Care, and, hope to "hit" when it's updated...again? (I would, at least.)

Redbad, your minus ratings show you are on your own.

Nutz,
please read a long comment by Robert Garofalo at the bottom of this page :)

And – to have a multi-side view, you might want to read also my comment on Garofalo’s remarks following his post.

Loren,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch of your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!

Jo,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch of your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!

Jo, mit rechter Maustaste auf Setup klicken, und Oeffnen auswaehlen. Warten bis Aktivierungsfenster erscheint, zustimmen, und dann sollte sich das eigentliche Programminstallationsfenster oeffnen, und die Installation beginnen.

Sandie Cramer, Advanced system care is far superior to this product.. Stay away from this, it actually can harm your pc if used incorrectly

David, Zemana Antilogger BLOCKS virtually everything from the GOTD site I have found.

David Ulrich,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch off your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!

David Ulrich, Kaspersjy does too, so you have to suspend the monitoring and run the installation.

In the case of Kaspersky you have to suspend and reboot before an installation can be carried out.

Encycopedia Brittannica , never had any problems (like this--well, maybe...one time "way back", I don't recall, exactly) with Zemana's interruption, formerly? With CCleaner, Kerish Doctor...WiseCare365: I'm not certain WHAT...MORE this offering would...do? (Though I still have an earlier install of itself on Win 7, too.)

I...am, however ("thanks" to...you), FOLLOWING UP via opening WinUtilities--encountering a "new version" offering: downloading...itself, and, GOING ALONG (hopefully) that the GOTD offering "key" will work upon itself, too!!! (Gotta re-start my computer--for that upgrade instill to...work. So, I'll leave it...here, thank you!) Oh...yeah: gonna DO THAT upon an XP machine, also!! (Anyone, notice...this is ONE PROGRAM as allows for a Win98 install--any..."takers"?)

Bob Urunkle, what on earth is an "authorized or Microsoft supported download utility?" Authorised by whom? The giveaway is not a download utility, the giveaway wrapper is also not a download utility.... what are you trying to comunicate?

FYI: version history - http://hi.ylcomputing.com/products/winutilities-pro/version-history. I'd say they've added -- or improved -- over the years.

Suze,
Added more supports for cleaner module
Added 3 new plugins for History Cleaner module
Added more plugins for History Cleaner
New Windows 10 style UI (Where??)
Adds more plug-ins for History Cleaner
Adds more languages
Adds more languages
Added a new Context Menu Manager module

Throughout all their Version History they just added one module "Added a new Context Menu Manager module", the program itself didn't get anything new.
Dick defragment module doesn't recognize SSD.

John,

I had no problem installing today's download in the conventional way, so the package is unlikely to be defective. However, the wrapper is indeed notorious for causing problems when people forget to temporarily halt whatever security software they may be running. And depending on what anti-malware app one is running, problems can manifest in different ways: some AV programs simply quash the installer because their heuristics view it as "suspicious", and some progs fail to report that they've even done this, and other security programs don't specifically target the GOTD installer, but somehow interfere with it just enough to @#$! up the installation in myriad bizarre ways, causing much head-scratching and frustration to the user--which one sees showing up in the comments here virtually every single day!

So my simple advice (the same given every day by the more experienced users) is: if it appears that something has gone amiss with the installation, *temporarily* turn off your anti-malware/anti-virus/HIPS programs (and it's evident that some users can be running more than one--possibly without their knowledge--which can further complicate matters) and RE-TRY.

Many people, while in a state of frustration and exasperation due to a problematic install, come and post "download is corrupt!!" or "the fraggin installer is broken!" while somehow selectively ignoring the posts right above them from users who had downloaded the same file, and installed the program without any incident.

P.S.: That's not to say that there can't sometimes be real problems with the GOTD offering, but that is almost always an issue on the developer's end (e.g., an incorrect user key, overloaded registration servers, sometimes wacky and convoluted confirmation processes, etc.), as opposed to a legitimately defective installation file.

Robert Garofalo, I never had this issue with my Win XP computer, it only started when I was running AVG on my new Win 10 computer. I have been a member of this site for many years so I trust all GOTD offerings to be virus free so I had no worries about turning off my anti-virus software. I have since then uninstalled AVG because it never gave me an option to whitelist GOTD installer. Windows Defender doesn't seam to have any issues with it. I agree with you that people complain about the software offering not installing when someone has already answered the question of "why" just in a previous comment. This question has been answered many, many times and either the people asking are brand new, or they just don't take time to read the comments before posting anything. I always read the comments to find out if I might like the software or not, unless it is a software that I have/had as a previous offering. I also have learned many computer related things and found some good "free" software from other commenters. It isn't just the GOTD offerings that have kept me here these many years, it is the knowledge of the other commenters even if I don't see people here that I read comments from when I first found this site.

Robert Garofalo,
I am not paranoiac but to switch off antivirus/antimalware protection to install a program from some not very well known developer don´t sound to me as the best idea. OK, everybody has to decice what he/she feels secure yet. As GOTD utilities are not-essential for me (what I really need I already bought /got free) and I just want to give them a try, I give it up if such installation issue occurs. Outside of GOTD world I notice such problems extremely rarely...
But thanks to GOTD for offering programs which can be useful for many of us and sometimes we even didnt know that we need them... ;-)

Robert Garofalo, The first port of call when the setup.exe/gcd wrapper apears incompatible with the installed anti malware product should be to TRY the vendors own download of the same version if it's still available. Disabling even temporarily or by excluding a folder tree that you extract zip contents into should only be the last resort as GAOTD scanning a file days and sometimes weeks in the past does not ensure it is clean today as antimalware patterns are normally updated at least daily and new malware is also produced all the time that is not detectable using current anti-malware patterns until it's out in the wild, a sample then found by anti-malware researchers and patterns devised and published and installed by end users... the point being no prior scanning ensures a given file is in fact clean today or will always be clean.

John Webb, Thanks for the tip. I closed out my AV program and still had exactly the same results you describe. Then I did what you suggested and had no problem at all.

Henry, I am someone who is paranoid when downloading and installing programs or anything else from the internet. Because of that I have only had 3 viruses infect my system since I started using the internet with Win 95 over 20 years ago. GOTD is one of the few sites I trust to download software from without a personal recommendation from someone who has already installed the program. When I used AVG and had to turn it off to install a GOTD program, I set it only to be turned off for a set amount of time. When installing a program from GOTD, I am not trusting the software developer, I am trusting GOTD and in all the years I have been downloading from them I haven't received a virus from one of their offerings.