![]() Archived from the original on February 21, 1999. In March 2015, Softonic announced it was discontinuing the Downloader as part of a move to "regain the trust of users". Softonic's "Softonic Downloader" was described by the company's CEO as having "facilitated bad behaviour amongst third party vendors which ended up harming the user" due to malicious links impersonating as the downloader itself. In October 2019, Softonic acquired Ghacks. In May 2017, the company announced that it had hired international executive Sophie Bernard as Vice President of Strategy. In July 2016, Softonic announced a partnership with business software platform Crozdesk. In February, 2015, Softonic announced that industry veteran and co-founder Scott Arpajian had been appointed as CEO of Softonic, replacing Founder Tomás Diago. In December, the company formalized the dismissal of 156 employees, against the initial estimation of 207. Īt the end of 2014, Softonic announced that a headcount reduction procedure would be carried out as a cost-cutting measure, allegedly due to financial and organizational reasons. In 20, the site was listed as having the most unique visitor traffic in Spain by audit bureau OJD Interactiva. Softonic was listed as the "Best place to work in Spain (100–250 employees)" in an annual study by the Great Place to Work Institute from 2009–2011, and as second-best in 2008. Initially the service was oriented only to downloads of DOS and Windows software, but it evolved to offer software downloads for Mac and mobile platforms. In 2004, Softonic was made available in German, and in 2005, English. The company also offered monthly CDs of its software library for users tired of "having to wait for downloads to complete or pay exorbitant phone bills." In 1999, the service was described as having a "generosity of games, antivirus, education and the long, seductive etcetera." In 2000, the company became independent under the name Softonic. ![]() ![]() Files for the website originally came from the "Files Library Intercom BBS" at Intercom Online, using a "5-step semi-automated process", which was later greatly simplified. Softonic started in 1996 as a file-oriented download service called Shareware Intercom, at Intercom Online (Grupo Intercom), a provider of Internet services in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It was founded in June 1997 and is owned by Softonic International. is a web portal based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Arabic, German, English, Spanish, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese. ![]()
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