&gt; Why should download.com be held responsible for hosting crapware when we don&#x27;t hold stores pushing goods liable for selling us gold-painted trash?<p>There is a vast amount of difference between download.com hosting a binary and Walmart hosting a product. In the latter, there is a due process whereby any defective goods could be returned to the manufacturer. More importantly, a manufacturer&#x27;s guarantee&#x2F;stamp is involved.<p>If the binaries are signed by the original developers&#x27; public key, then I can agree somewhat to your analogy. Otherwise, its download.com who is 100% responsible.