CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark with adwares

[pmpp]

Hello there,

The current CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark versions proposed by PatchMyPC Home (PMPH) contain adwares.

In the "https://patchmypc.com/freeupdater/definitions/definitions.xml" list used by PMPH, you can see this :

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<CrystalDiskInfoDownload>https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/crystaldiskinfo/9.7.0/CrystalDiskInfo9_7_0Ads.exe?viasf=1</CrystalDiskInfoDownload>
<CrystalDiskMarkDownload>https://yer.dl.sourceforge.net/project/crystaldiskmark/9.0.1/CrystalDiskMark9_0_1Ads.exe?viasf=1</CrystalDiskMarkDownload>
Can you see the "Ads.exe" at the end of the files ? It's related to an with-adware version of Crystal tools.

It is:
- documented there: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/is-crystaldiskinfo-still-safe.3882065/
- reported here: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1m197hs/psa_crystaldiskinfo_crystaldiskmark_now_embeds/


Can PMPH propose the adware-free versions of each of Crystal tool ?

Thank you, and keep up the good work !

[Omar (Patch My PC)]

These are the official installers now, they don't offer no-ads ones anymore:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/files/9.7.0/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/crystaldiskmark/files/9.0.1/

[pmpp]

Thanks Omar but the solution could be not to take the exe version but the .zip version that is adware-free.

Please don't distribute adware through PMPC

[Omar (Patch My PC)]

The ZIPs of both are already available in the home updater, but they are portables.

[pmpp]

According to the latest post of the following thread, it seems there is a now a version provided without adwares:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/is-crystaldiskinfo-still-safe.3882065/#post-23517192

Can you update PMPH accordingly ?

[Omar (Patch My PC)]

Already updated a couple of days ago

[pmpp]

Bizarre, it's still the "ads.exe" versions in the definitions.xml:

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<CrystalDiskInfoName>CrystalDiskInfo</CrystalDiskInfoName>
<CrystalDiskInfoVer>9.7.0</CrystalDiskInfoVer>
<CrystalDiskInfoDownload>https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/crystaldiskinfo/9.7.0/CrystalDiskInfo9_7_0Ads.exe?viasf=1</CrystalDiskInfoDownload>
<CrystalDiskMarkName>CrystalDiskMark</CrystalDiskMarkName>
<CrystalDiskMarkVer>9.0.1</CrystalDiskMarkVer>
<CrystalDiskMarkDownload>https://yer.dl.sourceforge.net/project/crystaldiskmark/9.0.1/CrystalDiskMark9_0_1Ads.exe?viasf=1</CrystalDiskMarkDownload>

[Omar (Patch My PC)]

We rarely update v4 now
We released the home updater v5 about 10 months ago, you can download it from here:
https://patchmypc.com/product/home-updater/

In a couple of weeks v4 will auto update to v5 for everyone anyway.