Partnership

PeaZip installers for Windows are released in partnership with SweetLabs, a third party vendor that is part of Google Ventures, integrating its OpenCandy advertising module, that display ads during the installation of the software.
It is similar to Google AdSense, except it displays advertisements (promoting software from qualified partners of the advertising network) during the installation of a software instead than on websites.
Partners includes well known entities like Microsoft (Internet Explorer, Bing toolbar), Real Player, AVG Antivirus, AOL, Nitro PDF Reader, StumbleUpon, Wakoopa and many others.
This partnership is meant as alternative to donations and online ads to help PeaZip project to get needed funding in order to keep on the development, provide a quality hosting, and machines for testing, porting and optimizing the application on newer platforms, even if they have a small market share and may not generate enough return to keep the platform-specific development active by themselves.

Developers participating to OpenCandy network must comply well defined quality guidelines, see OpenCandy Software Network Policies, for more information see OpenCandy FAQ and OpenCandy Privacy Policy

Before publication, all packages, including partnership installers, are thoroughly scanned with multiple antimalware tools to ensure they are clean of any malware or malware-like features.
Moreover, to utterly enforce user's security, most download websites that host or links PeaZip packages does the same, providing independent scan certifications, see in example download mirrors page.


Reporting problems

Please report to me and to OpenCandy any problem and suggestion either with OpenCandy advertising module and about advertisers.
When reporting issues please try to be more informative and detailed as possible, i.e. specify details of operating system and browser (language, 32 or 64 bit, version, service pack level, etc), and the complete way to replicate a problem you experienced.
OpenCandy needs this information in order to keeping providing a good service, fix bugs and be informed about developers' and advertisers' behavior with end users.

I can filter recommendations to be displayed in the installer, so please inform me about low quality or low reputation advertisers so they can be avoided to be shown at all.
To offer interesting, useful and safe software to end users is important to me as it is important for end users to receive only quality recommendations: only the constant feedback of a community can make this network improve in the long run, exactly as community feedback is fundamental for running a good software project.
Please keep in mind OpenCandy advertising module is an alternative funding source for PeaZip project, you are never forced to use it, as alternative packages without third party bundle are available, partnership installers can be started disabling the advertising module (/NOCANDY), and in any case the recommendation can be declined, as accepting it is not required to complete PeaZip's installation.
Moreover, you are free to use, distribute and modify PeaZip in all its parts as it is Open Source software, and in this way it fundamentally belongs to the community.