Lo4d

I occasionally want to download some free or paid utility or application software; but particularly with free stuff there's often (I'd almost say "usually") at least some adware or some intent to use your email address for purposes you'd rather not... and too often some malicious malware, or at least unmentioned (except maybe in the fine print) some other software that while not out-rightly malicious will slow down or even cause glitches in your PC.

Recently I was looking to download a Windows typing tutor as wife wanted to brush up her touch typing skills (they had gone stale from too much use of her iPad for thing that would have been better done on her desktop PC.)

I found dozens of them, many free and many rated 4 or 5 stars by users. But in virtually every case when I dug deeper I found they came with adware or tracking software.

So, long story short, I was delighted when I stumbled into lo4d.com, a Canadian site.
Here's why: They make very serious, and as far as I can tell competent, efforts to make sure that what they offer on their site is free of adware and malware or at least that they specify what's in it.
And they have quite a collection of software available on their site.

Here's another plus: Many places or service (even some trustable ones) require you to first download their download and installer software before you can download the item you came for. That software IMO is at best another necessary piece of shovelware and at worst itself contaminated with adware.

Aside from my brief subjective review above if you google
lo4d.com reviews
you'll find many favorable review of this site/service.

Alex