Well that's the problem. Giveaway of the Day advertises that they give away full version games not freeware. A simple little coloring game has to have adware in it then it's not a version that you would pay for. I guess they need to change there name to Freeware of the Day.

Malwarebytes says adware and blocks it. I don't need my kids seeing ads that might offer the option to buy. If it was a full version it should not have adware junk.

Hi Perryntx,

It's a false positive. What your Malwarebytes is picking up is the non malicious adware that is packaged with all Falcoware Games via its installer (the red and white application file within the installed games folder). These games are commercial games that are being given away for free after the developer has agreed to allow Falcoware (and possibly other free game distributors) to offer them for free because the 'non-malicious' adware earns them money. Every time you boot up the game you will get an advert while the delayed boot up is starting; (it takes about 20 to 30 seconds) then when you close the game down, your browser is opened and redirected to the distributors web site where you will see other adverts on the page. The money earned from these adverts is split between the developer and distributor. It has become a regular model for free game sites over the past decade since the financial crisis of 2008, where many small and some major game development houses went into liquidation. Casual arcade games pre-crisis used to cost $19.99 each, post crisis the price dropped to around $7 each. AAA developers responded by releasing unfinished games, then adding lots of DLC content to complete the games and boost the price of their games; for example, if you purchased all of the (often useless) DLC for later Call of Duty games, you'd be paying approaching $200 for each release. Other simulation games such as Microsoft's old Flight Sim X and Dovetails Train Simulator games will cost you literally thousands of dollars if you wanted all of the DLC released for those games. for example presently to buy Train Sim 2020 with all DLC would cost you over $8000 (just for one game)

Nothing is installed to your system that is malicious. The adware is self contained within the Falcoware installer, that also boots up the game.

I've installed virtually every Falcoware game given away via the Gamegiveawayoftheday since Falcoware started giving games away Monday to Friday back in November 2018 and have never had any issues. I hope the above explanation allays your fears.

Only just seen this this evening. Too late to post a review. Looks ideal for young children.

perseverance eh? does that mean the sw is buggy? lol!