Warning AMPstart is spyware

One of my readers commented on AMPstart, a server software package I had once suggested as an easy way to install Xampp on a thumb drive. It turns out that this software comes with spyware too!

So If you need to install XAMPP I would suggest you do it this way –>

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2 Responses to “Warning AMPstart is spyware”

  1. Hi David, thanks a lot for that warning. As the author of XAMPP I just want to clarify that XAMPP and AMPstart are not affiliated in any way. Your blog entry sounds a little bit like XAMPP contains spyware.

  2. That’s why I don’t trust freeware…

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