Comments on: ‘Da Font!’ – great website for fonts and more

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:31:26 +0000

I’ve contracted spyware twice now after using dafont. I didn’t realize where it originated from the first time it happened several months ago–I attributed it to something else I was doing at the time. It recently happened again, and now I see the pattern.

As useful as the site is, avoid it! Perhaps it’s safe on a Mac?

[DR - There are other comments in this post that outline the same thing and yes you are right in that I mostly access dafont.com from a Mac. Its a shame because the content is terrific. I guess use your own judgement and be sure to have some basic spyware protection. I still use the free version of GriSoft for virus's (which are different from spyware) and then I use spybot and adaware for spyware. Good luck.]

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:40:50 +0000

Excellent Dennis – I have booked the site thanks

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my pleasure. note another person commented about a spyware advertisement – so careful where you click!

By: Edwin Martin

Edwin Martin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:45:04 +0000

http://www.dafont.com has an ad for DriveCleaner, which is spyware. Don’t visit this site until they change their advertising policy.

(http://www.spywareguide.com/spydet_3150_drive_cleaner.html )

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Thanks for the info Edwin…I usually am accessing the site from my Mac so didn’t pay much attention to the ads. Still, the fonts are good and mostly free, so it may be worth a look to some. Dennis