Unchecky -Automatically unchecks unrelated offers

I just saw that in the free software thread too.

scr said:

I came across this program today on LifeHacker; Unchecky Ensures You Never Accidentally Install Bundleware Again

Program website: Unchecky - Keeps your checkboxes clear

More information over at Unchecky protects you from unwanted third-party offers during software installations | Ghacks

"In particular, it will uncheck options and switch to custom installation for you if available. In addition to that, it will also warn you that the software may install potentially unwanted programs on your system, so that you know that you need to be extra careful during setup.

It needs to be noted that while this works well most of the time, it is not something that you put all your faith in. It is very likely that it won't detect all custom installation options with 100% accuracy, and what may weight even more, it cannot make decisions for you that require you to click on buttons."

"If you get an accept or decline screen, it is you who has to make the decision as Unchecky won't do anything... "

"In short, Unchecky does two things: it warns you when program installers include unwanted offers, and it will pick the custom installation option and uncheck boxes for you automatically.

The application itself runs silently as a service on the system. It will come to action whenever you install a software program on your PC."

"Unchecky offers no 100% protection against unwanted software installations. While it covers many, it will let others slip by it so that you still have to check all options manually to make sure that this is not the case.

If you fall pray to these installations often, or know someone who does, you may want to give the program a try to reduce the damage that these installations make"

I can't say much about how well it works as I just installed it. I want to pass this on to my daughter who never reads anything except the "Agree" and "Continue" buttons when installing anything. If nothing else hopefully it will slow her down.

I'll skip this one, a software trying to analyze what I do and make decisions for me, not exactly what I want in my computer, adding more bloatware just to prevent bloatware don't fits.

The solution is really simple, NEVER, EVER download from third party sites, ALWAYS go to the original developer's website and download the OFFICIAL distribution from there, which is the most pure version you can possibly get.