Does LogMeIn Hamachi install third party software?
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So basically, I am in a huge argument with a friend (probably soon not anymore but who cares)
and he absolutley swears that the normal hamachi installer from VPN.net – Hamachi by LogMeIn installs stuff like Bing, Opera etc. without asking once.
To investigate i installed hamachi with that very installer around 5 or more times now...and it never asked me for lastpass (which it does for him apparently), and it doesnt ask for opera or bing. (like for him). But interestingly enough it doesnt install Opera or Bing for me, or anything for that matter. It installs Hamachi, and thats it.
Is anyone aware of anything like that? Ive installed hamachi countless times through the years, so did everyone else. And absolutley no one ever complained about third party software being secretly installed
From all the times I've had to install it I am pretty sure it does not. Maybe the newer installer does but I think I used that one once too and it was fine.
i downloaded the installer from their page just today, just to try it out again. I doesnt even ask me for lasstpasst. But whatever. There still is no things being installed without asking. I checked.
My friend sadly is the super strong opinion that hamachi is crap, kinda a virus, and installs other crap on his pc. even tho it doesnt
Have you considered you're maybe downloading from different sources?
i did first, but he showed me the link from which he downloads it, its the normal hamachi webside. The same i always used, the same probably everyone uses. The installer is real, the page is real, no clue how he can apparently get third party software.
He also absolutley denies the fact that he might have other viruses installed that might do that. he just blames hamachi for all of it
Is your friend also from Germany? Maybe Hamachi offers different installers with bloatware for people from different parts of the world because of some regional laws or something
Nope. both Germany.
Hamachi doesnt offer different installers. It only has one. The one that installs hamachi and thats it.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else knows anything about this, but seems like not. My friend is just someone that likes to blame hamachi, instead of finding the actual virus.
Hes kind of annoying in that topic anyway tbh
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