PUPs are usually merely annoying 'push' apps -especially if they slip through without one's approval. I would quite understand, if one was of a nervous disposition, that PUPs might seem like a scary risk, but they aren't, so you would probably be advising your friends from a position of ignorance. If you have a decent AV program - I use MS Defender (Security Essentials) AND MBAM (Malwarebytes Anti-Malware) - then they will in any event nowadays usually catch the PUPs and ask you if you'd like to delete them.Įven if you did accidentally let a PUP in, you could uninstall it later, without difficulty. PUPs are not viruses (at least, not yet, anyway).

There is in fact little or no risk if software that you want to install at install time also asks you if you'd like to install some other software (PUP = 'Potentially Unwanted Program'). I suspect that the risk is a mis-perception and that you may therefore be worrying unduly. For me, software development is taken literally and whenever there is something that should be done differently, I believe is never too late to do it In answer to that: As soon as the common set of feature supported by compilers on Windows, OS X, and Linux allowed it, I migrated the FreeFileSync code gradually to using the most recent and improved ways of programming. For example, the C++11 standard had a profound impact on the code base.

The advantages of constant code refactoring are well known. Strategically, this is an advantage because working on the FreeFileSync code base is always fun without this historic baggage.

As my understanding of both technical and human interface problems deepens, the number of things to fix decreases over time and my time investment shrinks. When I learn something new, I apply and update everything. The complete code base, not only of FreeFileSync but all of my software projects, always matches the current level of my expertise. This seems like a lot of work for tiny problems but it pays off significantly when applied consistently. If something is not right, be it software design or source code, it is fixed, no matter how small or insignificant the problem seems. Zenju: FreeFileSync takes a drastic approach concerning software development. SF: What is the software development philosophy for FreeFileSync?

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